Mathematics
(BSc) Mathematics
Entry for 2026
FHEQ level
This course is set at Level 6 in the national Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.
Course Aims
The Mathematics (BSc) degree programme aims to provide:
1. teaching in the mathematical sciences that is broad-based and, where appropriate, informed by a research base of international standard;
2. a programme structure which allows transfer between certain programmes at appropriate stages, and a guided choice of courses to meet students' developing interests;
3. a coherent set of courses grouped for intellectual and vocational reasons, based on a mathematics and statistics core building progressively on skills and knowledge acquired during the programme;
4. an admissions policy which gives access to students with special needs and to mature and other prospective students who may have unconventional academic backgrounds;
5. provision for students to develop personal and intellectual skills, enabling them to compete successfully on the employment market;
6. a caring and supportive environment for students from a diversity of cultures and backgrounds.
Course learning outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding: By the end of the programme a successful student is expected to be able to: demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of a core of analysis, algebra, applied mathematics and statistics; demonstrate knowledge and understanding of some advanced topics, depending on his or her own choice.
Intellectual Skill: By the end of the programme a successful student is expected to be able to: demonstrate ability to understand and use mathematical argument and deductive reasoning; demonstrate awareness of the importance of mathematical and statistical assumptions and awareness of their use.
Practical Skills: By the end of the programme a successful student is expected to be able to: demonstrate competence in the use of mathematical methods and techniques in problem solving and modelling; explore, and where feasible solve, mathematical problems, by selecting appropriate techniques; demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the process of mathematical or statistical modelling; exhibit developed skills of numeracy, involving use of quantitative concepts and arguments, where appropriate, at all stages of work.
Transferable Skills: By the end of the programme a successful student is expected to be able to: take decisions in complex and unpredictable contexts; apply a selection of mathematical, computational, numerical and statistical skills; communicate scientific information orally and in writing; take responsibility for their own learning, and manage time appropriately.
For information on the composition of this course please see either the on-line Undergraduate prospectus for undergraduate related courses or the on-line Postgraduate prospectus for postgraduate related courses.
More detailed information on the course structure and modules within this degree will be available on this page shortly.
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