Full entry requirements

First Year

The core modules covering two thirds of the course are:

• Proof and Number Systems;
  
• Methods of Applied Mathematics 1 – vectors, differential equations, multivariate calculus;
  
• Introduction to Computing; Probability;
  
• Real Analysis;
  
• and Linear Algebra.
  

These courses include training in the use of mathematical software – Maple, and Matlab. The optional third of the course could include the modules Geometry and the Imagination; Mathematics and Society; and Newtonian Dynamics; or a supplementary subject offered elsewhere in the University, including Computer Science. For those students who will be studying in Europe, appropriate language tuition is provided in your first and second years.

Second Year

The modules available build upon those of the first year: there are further courses in Real Analysis, and Linear Algebra, as well as courses in Abstract Analysis, and Abstract Algebra. Courses in Statistics build upon the Probability of the first year, whilst the Applied Mathematics covers Scientific Computing; Differential Equations and Dynamics; Methods of Applied Mathematics 2 – vector calculus, fluid mechanics, and waves. All students take a module (Investigations in Mathematics) that focuses on the communication of mathematical ideas, and involves report writing and a presentation. Students on the BA degree may take a second year of a language course.

If you take the USA degree you will spend your second year at the University of Buffalo, New York State, or the University of Miami, taking an approved selection of their courses.

Third and Fourth (MMath) Years

In the third and fourth year modules, the syllabuses are designed to bring you to an understanding of some of the current research areas in mathematics. All MMath students undertake a Mathematics Project, and there is a wide choice of modules. The modules on offer tend to reflect the current research being undertaken at Leicester, for example:

• Number Theory;
  
• Lie Algebras;
  
• Dynamical Systems;
  
• Equations of Mathematical Physics;
  
• Communicating Mathematics;
  
• History of Mathematics;
  
• Mathematics Business Project;
  
• Generalised Linear Models;
  
• Financial Mathematics,
  
• Operational Research;
  
• Computational Methods for Partial Differential Equations;
  
• Actuarial Mathematics;
  
• Data Mining;
  
• and Curves and Surfaces.

If you take the Europe degree, your third year of study will be spent at a European university and you will return to Leicester to complete the third year of our degree in your fourth year of study.

Contact

Admissions Tutor: Dr Dimitrina Stavrova
0116 252 3896
mathsug@le.ac.uk
www.maths.le.ac.uk

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