Department of Mathematical Sciences Course Catalogue 2025/26
USMA-AAB20: BSc(Hons) Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science
Route: BSc(Hons) Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science with Study year abroad
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS, AND DATA SCIENCE
Mode of Attendance: Full-time with Study Year Abroad
Normal course duration: 4 Years
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
This course is for students who will be in Year 4 or later in 2025/26
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - /publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | No |
DACS and exit awards: | BSc(Hons) Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science
Diploma of Higher Education [exit award]
Certificate of Higher Education [exit award]
Transfer to DAP possible from study years as follows: Year 1: No; Year 2: No; Year 3: No; Year 4: No; |
Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0%
Stage 2: 24%
Stage 3: 8%
Final Stage: 68% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
| This course is being replaced. Years 1 to 3 of this version are not available in 2025/6. |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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| Students must choose 30 credits per semester, including at least 20 credits of Maths units, and at least one semester-long 10 credit unit. 10-credit AY units count as 5 credits in each semester. |
Academic Year: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MA32044 | Communicating mathematics | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MA32022 | Statistical modelling and data analytics 3A | 10 Credits |
| MA32026 | Machine learning 2 | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 15 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MA32025 | Medical statistics | 5 Credits |
| MA32046 | Control theory | 5 Credits |
| MA32047 | Differential geometry of curves and surfaces | 5 Credits |
| MA32049 | Dynamics and chaos | 5 Credits |
| MA32051 | Fluid dynamics | 10 Credits |
| MA32059 | Mathematical modelling | 5 Credits |
| MA32064 | Number theory and cryptography | 5 Credits |
| MA32065 | Numerical linear algebra | 10 Credits |
| MA32067 | Numerical solution of evolutionary equations | 5 Credits |
| MA32069 | Projective geometry | 5 Credits |
| MA32071 | Stochastic processes and martingales | 10 Credits |
| MA42122 | Classical statistical inference | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the following list:
| : students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32015 | Science education in practice | 5 Credits |
| MN22162 | Intermediate accounting | 5 Credits |
| MN22175 | Principles of finance | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MA32024 | Statistical modelling and data analytics 3B | 10 Credits |
| MA32028 | Applied data science | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 15 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MA32023 | Bayesian statistics | 5 Credits |
| MA32045 | Complex analysis | 5 Credits |
| MA32048 | Discrete probability | 5 Credits |
| MA32054 | Graph theory | 5 Credits |
| MA32055 | Groups and their representations | 10 Credits |
| MA32057 | Inverse problems and numerical optimisation | 10 Credits |
| MA32058 | Mathematical biology: biomedical applications | 5 Credits |
| MA32060 | Mathematics of planet Earth | 5 Credits |
| MA32062 | Methods for differential equations | 10 Credits |
| MA32063 | Modelling with randomness | 5 Credits |
| MA32066 | Numerical solution of elliptic partial differential equations | 5 Credits |
| MA32068 | Probability and finance | 5 Credits |
| MA32070 | Scientific computing | 5 Credits |
| MA42138 | Multivariate data analysis | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the following list:
| : students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ED32014 | Issues in science education | 5 Credits |
| MN22165 | Intermediate corporate finance for managers | 5 Credits |
| MN32179 | Advanced accounting | 5 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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