Department of Mathematical Sciences Programme Catalogue 2023/4
USMA-AKM15: MMath(Hons) Mathematics with Industrial Placement
Route: MMath(Hons) Mathematics with Year long work placement
Leading to the award of MASTER OF MATHEMATICS
Mode of Attendance: Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement
Normal course duration: 5 Years
[Page last updated: 27 October 2023]
This course is for students who will be in Year 2 or later in 2023/24
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - https://www.bath.ac.uk/publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | Yes |
DACS and exit awards: | USMA-AKB16: BSc (hons) Mathematical Sciences
USMA-AFM14: MMath(Hons) Mathematics
USMA-AKL15: Diploma of Higher Education [exit award]
USMA-AKC15: Certificate of Higher Education [exit award]
Transfer to DAP possible from study years as follows: Year 1: Yes; Year 2: Yes; Year 3: Yes; Year 4: Yes; Year 5: Yes |
Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0%
Stage 2: 16%
Stage 3: 0%
Stage 4: 34%
Final Stage: 50% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
| This course is being replaced by a new version so Year 1 of this version is not available in 2023/24. |
Notes: - Courses and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 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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- You must select optional units totalling 36 credits from the options available in Year 2 of this programme
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Academic Year: Stage 2
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | |
| ES20069 | Introduction to econometrics | 12 Credits |
| PH10132 | Core physics | 12 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA20216 | Algebra 2A | 6 Credits |
| MA20218 | Analysis 2A | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA20220 | Ordinary differential equations and control | 6 Credits |
| MA20222 | Numerical analysis | 6 Credits |
| MA20224 | Probability 2A | 6 Credits |
| MA20226 | Statistics 2A | 6 Credits |
| MA20277 | Introduction to data science | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | |
| MN10804 | Introduction to accounting | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA20217 | Algebra 2B | 6 Credits |
| MA20219 | Analysis 2B | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA20221 | Modelling and dynamical systems | 6 Credits |
| MA20223 | Vector calculus and partial differential equations | 6 Credits |
| MA20225 | Probability 2B | 6 Credits |
| MA20227 | Statistics 2B | 6 Credits |
| MA20278 | Machine learning 1 | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | |
| CM20256 | Functional programming | 6 Credits |
| MN10804 | Introduction to accounting | 6 Credits |
| MN10805 | Corporate finance for managers | 6 Credits |
Notes: - Courses and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 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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Academic Year: Stage 3
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA20105 | Industrial placement | 60 Credits |
Notes: - Courses and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 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 take units totalling 60 credits for the year, normally 30 credits each semester. In the combined programme for years 3 and 4 at least 108 of the 120 credits should be at level 3 or higher and at least 60 should be at level 4.
- Students may take no more than 12 credits of units at Intermediate level (e.g. codes beginning MA2*, CM2* etc.) in this programme year.
- Students must check the teaching timeslots (pdf - link opens in new tab) when choosing units. To minimise timetable clashes, no more than one unit should be chosen from each timeslot within the same semester.
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Academic Year: Stage 4
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | |
| ES20069 | Introduction to econometrics | 12 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 4
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 5 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | |
| ES30027 | Advanced econometrics 1 | 6 Credits |
| MA20220 | Ordinary differential equations and control | 6 Credits |
| MA20222 | Numerical analysis | 6 Credits |
| MA20224 | Probability 2A | 6 Credits |
| MA20226 | Statistics 2A | 6 Credits |
| MA20277 | Introduction to data science | 6 Credits |
| MA30039 | Differential geometry of curves & surfaces | 6 Credits |
| MA30044 | Mathematical methods 1 | 6 Credits |
| MA30047 | Mathematical biology 1 | 6 Credits |
| MA30051 | Numerical linear algebra | 6 Credits |
| MA30060 | Dynamics and chaos | 6 Credits |
| MA30084 | Generalised linear models | 6 Credits |
| MA30086 | Medical statistics | 6 Credits |
| MA30087 | Optimisation methods of operational research | 6 Credits |
| MA30125 | Markov processes & applications | 6 Credits |
| MA30237 | Group theory | 6 Credits |
| MA30252 | Advanced real analysis | 6 Credits |
| MA30253 | Continuum mechanics | 6 Credits |
| MA30257 | Methods for stochastic systems | 6 Credits |
| MA30279 | Machine learning 2 | 6 Credits |
| MA40042 | Measure theory & integration | 6 Credits |
| MA40092 | Classical statistical inference | 6 Credits |
| MA40171 | Numerical solution of evolutionary equations | 6 Credits |
| MA40188 | Algebraic curves | 6 Credits |
| MA40198 | Applied statistical inference | 6 Credits |
| MA40254 | Differential and geometric analysis | 6 Credits |
| MN20501 | Intermediate accounting | 6 Credits |
| MN20502 | Principles of finance for managers | 6 Credits |
| PH20013 | Quantum & atomic physics | 6 Credits |
| PH30031 | Simulation techniques | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 4
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 5 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | |
| CM20256 | Functional programming | 6 Credits |
| CM30173 | Cryptography | 6 Credits |
| ES30028 | Advanced econometrics 2 | 6 Credits |
| MA20221 | Modelling and dynamical systems | 6 Credits |
| MA20223 | Vector calculus and partial differential equations | 6 Credits |
| MA20225 | Probability 2B | 6 Credits |
| MA20227 | Statistics 2B | 6 Credits |
| MA20278 | Machine learning 1 | 6 Credits |
| MA30055 | Introduction to topology | 6 Credits |
| MA30059 | Mathematical methods 2 | 6 Credits |
| MA30061 | Control theory | 6 Credits |
| MA30062 | Analysis of nonlinear ordinary differential equations | 6 Credits |
| MA30063 | Mathematical biology 2 | 6 Credits |
| MA30085 | Time series | 6 Credits |
| MA30089 | Stochastic processes & finance | 6 Credits |
| MA30091 | Applied statistics | 6 Credits |
| MA30170 | Numerical solution of elliptic PDEs | 6 Credits |
| MA30231 | Projective geometry | 6 Credits |
| MA30241 | Communicating maths | 6 Credits |
| MA30245 | Graphs and networks: theory and applications | 6 Credits |
| MA30280 | Applied data science | 6 Credits |
| MA30287 | Mathematics of Planet Earth | 6 Credits |
| MA40049 | Elasticity | 6 Credits |
| MA40050 | Numerical optimisation and large-scale systems | 6 Credits |
| MA40054 | Representation theory of finite groups | 6 Credits |
| MA40058 | Probability with martingales | 6 Credits |
| MA40090 | Multivariate data analysis | 6 Credits |
| MA40177 | Scientific computing | 6 Credits |
| MA40189 | Topics in Bayesian statistics | 6 Credits |
| MA40203 | Theory of partial differential equations | 6 Credits |
| MA40239 | Discrete probability | 6 Credits |
| MA40255 | Viscous fluid dynamics | 6 Credits |
| MA40256 | Analysis in Hilbert spaces | 6 Credits |
| MN20503 | Intermediate corporate finance for managers | 6 Credits |
| MN30549 | Advanced accounting | 6 Credits |
Notes: - Courses and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 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 take units totalling 60 credits for the year, normally 30 credits each semester. In the combined programme for years 4 and 5 at least 108 of the 120 credits should be at level 3 or higher and at least 60 should be at level 4.
- Students must check the teaching timeslots (pdf - link opens in new tab) when choosing units. To minimise timetable clashes, no more than one unit should be chosen from each timeslot within the same semester.
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Academic Year: Final Stage
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA40249 | Year long project (MMath) | 12 Credits |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 5 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | |
| ES30027 | Advanced econometrics 1 | 6 Credits |
| MA30039 | Differential geometry of curves & surfaces | 6 Credits |
| MA30044 | Mathematical methods 1 | 6 Credits |
| MA30047 | Mathematical biology 1 | 6 Credits |
| MA30051 | Numerical linear algebra | 6 Credits |
| MA30060 | Dynamics and chaos | 6 Credits |
| MA30084 | Generalised linear models | 6 Credits |
| MA30086 | Medical statistics | 6 Credits |
| MA30087 | Optimisation methods of operational research | 6 Credits |
| MA30125 | Markov processes & applications | 6 Credits |
| MA30237 | Group theory | 6 Credits |
| MA30252 | Advanced real analysis | 6 Credits |
| MA30253 | Continuum mechanics | 6 Credits |
| MA30257 | Methods for stochastic systems | 6 Credits |
| MA30279 | Machine learning 2 | 6 Credits |
| MA40040 | Algebraic topology | 6 Credits |
| MA40042 | Measure theory & integration | 6 Credits |
| MA40045 | Dynamical systems | 6 Credits |
| MA40092 | Classical statistical inference | 6 Credits |
| MA40171 | Numerical solution of evolutionary equations | 6 Credits |
| MA40188 | Algebraic curves | 6 Credits |
| MA40198 | Applied statistical inference | 6 Credits |
| MA40254 | Differential and geometric analysis | 6 Credits |
| PH30030 | Quantum mechanics | 6 Credits |
| PH30031 | Simulation techniques | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 5 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | |
| CM30173 | Cryptography | 6 Credits |
| ES30028 | Advanced econometrics 2 | 6 Credits |
| MA30055 | Introduction to topology | 6 Credits |
| MA30059 | Mathematical methods 2 | 6 Credits |
| MA30061 | Control theory | 6 Credits |
| MA30062 | Analysis of nonlinear ordinary differential equations | 6 Credits |
| MA30063 | Mathematical biology 2 | 6 Credits |
| MA30085 | Time series | 6 Credits |
| MA30089 | Stochastic processes & finance | 6 Credits |
| MA30091 | Applied statistics | 6 Credits |
| MA30170 | Numerical solution of elliptic PDEs | 6 Credits |
| MA30231 | Projective geometry | 6 Credits |
| MA30241 | Communicating maths | 6 Credits |
| MA30245 | Graphs and networks: theory and applications | 6 Credits |
| MA30280 | Applied data science | 6 Credits |
| MA30287 | Mathematics of Planet Earth | 6 Credits |
| MA40048 | Analytical & geometrical theory of differential equations | 6 Credits |
| MA40049 | Elasticity | 6 Credits |
| MA40050 | Numerical optimisation and large-scale systems | 6 Credits |
| MA40054 | Representation theory of finite groups | 6 Credits |
| MA40058 | Probability with martingales | 6 Credits |
| MA40090 | Multivariate data analysis | 6 Credits |
| MA40177 | Scientific computing | 6 Credits |
| MA40189 | Topics in Bayesian statistics | 6 Credits |
| MA40203 | Theory of partial differential equations | 6 Credits |
| MA40239 | Discrete probability | 6 Credits |
| MA40255 | Viscous fluid dynamics | 6 Credits |
| MA40256 | Analysis in Hilbert spaces | 6 Credits |
| PH40084 | Advanced quantum theory | 6 Credits |
Notes: - Courses and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 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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Director of Studies approved option allowed: students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list