BSc Mathematics
Cardiff, United Kingdom
BSc
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
GBP 28,200 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for overseas | for home year two and three: £9,250 / year one: £9,000
Key Summary
Perhaps you've always been a keen mathematician? Maybe you’re excited about solving problems and puzzles. Or you might want to use your maths skills to expand your knowledge in areas as diverse as space travel, software development and complex medicine.
Whatever your reason for considering a maths degree, you’ve made a great decision. You will gain knowledge and skills that will prepare you for the workplace, and not only in jobs which use maths directly. Many employers value a mathematics qualification; your numerical, logical thinking and problem-solving skills enable you to tackle a variety of roles.
To cover the range of topics that mathematics embraces, we've made our courses flexible. Keep your degree broad with a BSc or MMath in Mathematics, or specialise in an area of your choice, from financial mathematics to statistics and operational research.
Why Study this Course
A mathematics degree offers you intellectual challenges and provides the skills in demand for a wide range of careers.
Flexible Degree Schemes
In most cases, you're free to switch between degrees at the end of year one if your interests change. You will also have the opportunity to complete a Professional Placement Year or a Year Abroad between years two and three. You don’t need to commit to either of these options until the start of the second year, so there’s plenty of time to decide.
Support Services
Your personal tutor is there to offer advice, in confidence, on both academic and non-academic matters. You will also have access to weekly tutorials, supervised computer laboratories and daily drop-in sessions for one-to-one support.
Summer Placement Opportunities
During the summer months, you will have the opportunity to complete paid work as a mathematician or statistician where you can gain valuable work experience and develop your professional skills. Our dedicated placements team can help you find a summer placement and provide support during your time there.
Excellent Facilities
You will be taught in Abacws, the new home of the School of Mathematics. This world-leading facility has been designed in collaboration with students and academic staff to create interdisciplinary, flexible and creative workspaces, with innovative teaching areas being a key feature, including a new simulated Trading Room for financial mathematics.
Professionally Accredited Course
This degree is accredited by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA).
Loans and Grants
Financial support information for students.
Bursaries
We wish to ensure that financial circumstances are not a barrier to your undergraduate study opportunities.
Scholarships
We wish to recruit the very best students and to help us achieve this, we offer a number of scholarships.
Part-time Undergraduate Funding
Information about funding for part-time students.
Financial Support for Asylum Seekers
Information for asylum seekers about the financial support we offer undergraduates and options for funding from outside the University.
This is a three-year full-time degree. The course includes a carefully chosen balance of core modules and optional modules. Modules are worth 10 or 20 credits and you need to earn 120 credits a year. The modules you choose in years one and two will inform the choices available to you later.
Year One
In Year One, your core modules will cover the foundation areas of Pure and Applied Mathematics. You're also able to choose between modules in Financial Mathematics, Statistics, Computing, and Operational Research.
Much of year one is common to all of our degree schemes so transfer to another Math degree is normally possible.
Core Modules for Year One
- Elementary Differential Equations
- Computing for Mathematics
- Geometry
- Foundations of Mathematics I
- Foundations of Mathematics II
- Linear Algebra I
- Introduction to Probability Theory
Optional Modules for Year One
- Classical Mechanics
- Statistical Inference
- Statistical Inference / Casgliadau Ystadegol
- Finance I: Financial Markets and Corporate Financial Management
Year Two
In Year Two, your core modules continue to build foundation knowledge in the areas of Calculus, Algebra, and Analysis. Alongside specialist Financial Mathematics modules, you will continue to broaden your knowledge of areas like Statistics and Operational Research.
The modules you select will inform the choices available to you in Year Three.
Core Modules for Year Two
- Calculus of Several Variables
- Complex Analysis
- Series and Transforms
- Real Analysis
- Linear Algebra II
Optional Modules for Year Two
- Introduction to Number Theory I
- Algebra I: Groups
- Vector Calculus
- Vibrations and Waves
- Modelling with Differential Equations
- Foundations of Probability and Statistics
- Computational Statistics
- Seiliau Tebygolrwydd ac Ystadegaeth / Foundations of Probability and Statistics
- Computational Statistics / Ystadegaeth Gyfrifiadurol
- Operational Research
- Ymchwil Weithrediadol
- Numerical Analysis
- Mathematical Investigations with Python
- Finance II: Investment Management
- Problem-Solving
- Datrys Problemau
Year Three
In Year Three, there are no compulsory modules and your options are wide-ranging.
As well as taught modules, you can also choose to undertake an individual 10-credit or 20-credit project giving you the opportunity to develop important transferable skills – communication, presentation and time management - and apply your mathematical knowledge to an investigation of your choice.
Optional Modules for Year Three
- Introduction to Functional and Fourier Analysis
- Coding Theory
- Algebraic Topology
- Introduction to Number Theory 2
- Ordinary Differential Equations
- Algebra II: Rings
- Algebra III: Fields
- Partial Differential Equations
- Measure Theory
- Knot Theory
- Theori Clymau
- Methods of Applied Mathematics
- Fluid Dynamics
- Finite Elasticity
- Project Module (Full Year)
- Project Module (Half)
- Project Module (Half) Spring Semester
- Regression Analysis and Experimental Design
- Stochastic Processes for Finance and Insurance
- Official Statistics
- Multivariate Data Analysis
- Multivariate Data Analysis / Dadansoddi Data Amlamrywedd
- Algorithms and Heuristics
- Optimisation
- Game Theory
- Algorithmau a Dulliau Hewristig / Algorithms and Heuristics
- Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence
- Quantitative Risk Management
- Cyflwyniad i addysgu Mathemateg mewn ysgol uwchradd
- Introduction to Secondary School Mathematics Teaching
- Prospect
- Modiwl Prosiect (Hanner) Semester yr Hydref
- Modiwl Prosiect (Hanner) Semester y Gwanwyn
How Will I be Assessed?
Many modules have written examinations at the end of the autumn or spring Semesters, with some also having an element of continuous assessment. This may include problem-solving exercises, written reports, computer programs and oral presentations. Feedback on progress is typically provided through a combination of discussion in class, written comments on submitted work and review of outline solutions to problems. You are encouraged to discuss any queries related to specific modules with individual lecturers.
The grade of your final degree will be based on 30% from your year two studies and 70% from year three.
What Skills Will I Practise and Develop?
You will acquire and develop a range of valuable skills, both discipline-specific and important employability skills. You will:
- Develop your communication skills and ability to communicate mathematics in written and oral form
- Develop good self-management and organisational skills
- Enhance your computing, IT, information retrieval and handling skills
- Develop your ability to apply logical and analytic thinking to problems in other disciplines
- Demonstrate group working, time management and presentational skills
- Show a commitment to lifelong learning through engaging in a process of personal development planning
You can use your BSc in Mathematics as a route into the workforce, where you could meet our alumni working in traditional jobs such as teaching, actuarial work, and accounting, as well as IT, pharmaceutical research, engineering and more. Alternatively, you may choose to expand your career options to include a range of related areas by completing postgraduate studies in sciences, computing or engineering.