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Mathematics is also available in the Combined Honours programme which allows it to be studied with another subject. Visit Combined Honours for further details.
Mathematics is one of the courses most loved by students at MMU. More here
The Mathematics studied at MMU is geared towards solving real world problems in many fields, for example, computational fluid dynamics, engineering, business and finance, communication networks, computer graphics and mathematical modelling. This makes our graduates highly employable and able to tackle real-world problems. We provide a wide range of units and offer considerable choice to our students, allowing subject specialisation in the final year.
The School has state-of-the-art computer laboratories offering specialist software packages such as MATLAB, Minitab and SPSS. Many of the staff are actively engaged in research and consequently there are a number of research fellows and postgraduate students. The mathematical modelling of water waves is an important area of research within the School and there are ongoing projects to simulate overtopping of sea wall defences and wave energy devices. Research is also carried out in artificial intelligence, nonlinear dynamics (chaos and fractals) and computational astrochemistry. This also helps to ensure that your teaching remains up-to-date in the latest developments in Mathematics.
During your first year you will be given a broad grounding in Mathematics topics such as calculus, linear algebra, discrete mathematics, probability theory, statistics and decision mathematics. You will also be introduced to a number of software packages.
In the second and final years you will have some choice from a range of Mathematics units, so you will be able to design your study programme to reflect your interests and career aspirations.
Typical content includes further calculus and linear algebra, numerical methods for solving differential equations, mathematical modelling, number theory and cryptography, the mathematics of computer graphics and virtual environments, digital communications and sound processing, dynamical systems and chaos, statistics, operational research (decision mathematics) and financial mathematics.
As well as being an expert mathematician you will also have knowledge of the most extensively used Mathematics and Statistics packages in the world, namely MATLAB and SPSS. All final year students also take a project unit which forms one quarter of the final year studies. This allows you to demonstrate to potential employers your ability to work independently, produce written reports and give oral presentations.
We have excellent teaching staff. In the 2007 National Student Survey, Mathematics at MMU was ranked 2nd out of all mathematics courses in the country in terms of overall student satisfaction.