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Departmental ECTS InformationInformation for incoming SOCRATES/ECTS studentsContact DetailsBack to Top Facilities within the DepartmentThe Department of Mathematics occupies the top four floors of 25 Gordon Street. There are five lecture rooms, a student common room and a student reading room for quiet study within in the Department. The Bloomsbury Science Library, located in the DMS Watson Building on campus, houses collections of mathematics and statistical science books and periodicals, including the London Mathematical Society collection. Copies of textbooks recommended for undergraduate courses are placed on reserve or restricted loan. The Library offers a range of electronic information services, including catalogues of many external libraries. The student reading room in the Department contains a small undergraduate library with copies of many course textbooks. Clusters of PCs, Macs and Sun Workstations, managed by UCL Information Systems (IS), are located throughout the UCL campus. Clusters are booked for classes as appropriate and machines can be booked individually by students at other times. All students have access to e-mail and web-based services. The Department utilizes nearby IS clusters for most of its computational teaching needs. It also maintains a small cluster of Macs used for teaching the advanced Mathematica courses. Degree Programmes Offered and Duration of Studies.Each of the nine BSc and nine MSci programmes offered by the Mathematics Department is listed below with its UCAS identifying code. The first/second code of each pair is that of the appropriate BSc/MSci degree. The duration of studies for a BSc degree programme is three years while the duration of studies for an MSci degree programme is four years. Table of Degree Programmes (this information is also available
here)
Teaching and Learning MethodsThe primary method of communicating information to students and stimulating their interest is through lectures. Understanding of lecture material is reinforced by assessed or non-assessed coursework, problem classes, workshops and group tutorials, as well as self-study. Peer-assisted learning, discussion with other students and individual discussion with staff also support the learning process. A first year half-unit (or 7.5 ECTS Credits) course normally consists of three lectures with an associated problem class session each week for one term. The problem classes allow students to work on problems individually or within groups, with teaching staff and demonstrators present to give assistance. Problem classes continue into the second year. Some classes take place in computer cluster rooms, enabling students to use mathematical packages. The Department believes that the opportunity for students to discuss mathematics freely with staff and other students has an important role in the learning experience. Tutorials provide an opportunity for group discussion of problems and ideas arising from lectures and coursework. Lecturers also nominate office hours when they are available to discuss the course material. The Department also offers an informal workshop where challenging extra-curricular problems are considered, and a UCL team regularly participates in the International Competition for University Students in Mathematics. The Department was one of the pioneers of Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) at UCL. PAL sessions, where second year students (trained by the UCL Higher Education Research and Development Unit) help groups of first year students by leading discussions on problems, are time-tabled every week. PAL also enhances each group leader's own understanding as well as developing communication and leadership skills. The project courses on certain degree programmes provide students with the opportunity to develop investigative and presentational skills. Each student submits a word-processed written report and gives an oral presentation. Advice on writing is provided by the project supervisor and training in presentation skills is provided by the Department. Project work also forms part of some optional courses. All students have opportunities to develop transferable skills through the language, computing or management courses offered outside the departments. All first year Mathematics students are taught a basic Mathematica package, which also serves to familiarize them with the use of computers. Other courses make use of Mathematica and optional courses on programming and advanced Mathematica packages are available in later years. The Department's teaching and learning procedure includes the prompt return of assessed coursework to provide feedback to students, lecturers and tutors. Most courses have weekly assessed coursework marked by postgraduate demonstrators. Assessment in courses, which are not project-based, is by written examination, together with a small component (normally 10%) of in-course assessment for many courses. For each written examination, a visiting examiner approves the paper and marking scheme, and subsequently moderates the scripts, which have been marked anonymously by the lecturer as first internal examiner and checked by a second internal examiner. UCL and European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) Grading Scales
Degree Programme StructureIn each of the following degree programme structures, a half unit is equivalent to 7.5 ECTS credits and a whole unit is equivalent to 15 ECTS credits. G107 MATHEMATICS MSciThe single honours Mathematics MSci degree programme structure
is shown in the following table with · denoting a compulsory
core course:
* In Year 3 of the MSci, there is a restricted range of appropriate designated courses, and in Year 4 a free choice, apart from the compulsory one unit of project which is the only dedicated fourth year course. Some related courses are given in alternate years permitting MSci students to study a particular area in greater depth G100 MATHEMATICS BScThe single honours Mathematics BSc degree programme structure is
shown in the following table with · denoting a compulsory
core course:
In Year 3 (BSc) there is a free choice from a wide range of options, including a few selected courses from Statistical Science and Physics & Astronomy. Up to one unit of "outside" options may be taken. G1F3 MATHEMATICS WITH MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS BScThe Mathematics with Theoretical Physics BSc degree programme structure
is shown in the following table with · denoting a compulsory
core course:
In Year 3 (BSc) there is a free choice from a wide range of options, including up to 1 unit of appropriate courses offered by the Department of Physics & Astronomy. to study a particular area in greater depth. G1FH MATHEMATICS WITH MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS MSciThe Mathematics with Theoretical Physics MSci degree programme
structure is shown in the following table with · denoting
a compulsory core course:
Up to one unit of "outside" options may be taken together with up to one unit of appropriate courses offered by the Department of Physics & Astronomy. In Year 3 of the MSci, there is a restricted range of appropriate designated courses, and in Year 4 a free choice, apart from the compulsory one unit of project course. Some related courses are given in alternate Years 3 and 4, permitting MSci students to study a particular area in greater depth. G1NF MATHEMATICS WITH MANAGEMENT STUDIES MSciThe Mathematics with Management Studies MSci degree programme structure
is shown in the following table with · denoting a compulsory
core course:
Some related courses are given in alternate years permitting MSci students to study a particular area in greater depth. G1N2 MATHEMATICS WITH MANAGEMENT STUDIES BScThe Mathematics with Management Studies BSc degree programme structure is shown in the following table with · denoting a compulsory core course
G1LC MATHEMATICS WITH ECONOMICS MSciThe Mathematics with Economics MSci degree programme structure
is shown in the following table. Years 1 and 2 are common with the
BSc programme. All courses are of half unit value unless stated
otherwise and · denotes a compulsory core course. Some related
courses are given in alternate years permitting MSci students to
study a particular area in greater depth.
The Mathematics with Economics MSci degree programme is roughly split between Mathematics and Economics in the ratio 3:1 over the first two years, with very little choice of courses. In the third and fourth years, choices are made between suitable courses offered by both subject departments Normally at most a unit of "outside" options may be taken Years 3 and 4, subject to the approval of the Departmental tutor and the constraints of the timetable G1L1 MATHEMATICS WITH ECONOMICS BScThe Mathematics with Economics BSc degree programme structure is
shown in the following table with · denoting a compulsory
core course:
In Year 3, there is a free choice from a wide range of Mathematics options, with up to 1 unit of appropriate courses offered by the Department of Economics to enable study of a particular area in greater depth. GF1H MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS MSciThe Mathematics and Physics MSci degree programme structure is
shown in the following table. Years 1 and 2 are common with the
BSc programme. All courses are of half unit value unless stated
otherwise and · denotes a compulsory core course.
In Mathematics, some related courses are given in alternate years permitting MSci students to study a particular area in greater depth. Fourth year Physics & Astronomy courses are run in collaboration with KCL, QMW and RHUL and are coordinated by an Intercollegiate Planning Board. GF13 MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS BScThe Mathematics and Physics BSc degree programme structure is shown
in the following table. All courses are of half unit value unless
stated otherwise and · denotes a compulsory core course.
In Mathematics, some related courses are given in alternate years permitting MSci students to study a particular area in greater depth. Normally at most a half-unit of "outside" options may be taken in Year 3, subject to the approval of the appropriate Departmental tutors and the constraints of the timetable. G1T9 MATHEMATICS WITH MODERN LANGUAGES BScThe Mathematics with Modern Languages BSc degree programme structure
is shown in the following table with · denoting a compulsory
core course:
In Year 3 there is a free choice from a wide range of Mathematics options, with 1 unit of appropriate language courses. Up to 1 unit of outside options may be taken. G1TX MATHEMATICS WITH MODERN LANGUAGES MSciThe Mathematics with a European Language MSci degree programme
structure is shown in the following table. Years 1 and 2 are common
with the BSc programme. All courses are of half unit value unless
stated otherwise and · denotes a compulsory core course.
Some related courses are given in alternate years permitting MSci students to study a particular area in greater depth. Normally at most 1 unit of "outside" options may be taken Year 4, subject to the approval of the Departmental tutor and the constraints of the timetable. GG13 MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICAL SCIENCE BScThe Mathematics and Statistical Science BSc degree programme structure
is shown in the following table. All courses are of half unit value
unless stated otherwise and · denotes a compulsory core course.
GGC3 MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICAL SCIENCE MSciThe Mathematics and Statistical Science MSci degree programme structure
is shown in the following table. Years 1 and 2 are common with the
BSc programme. All courses are of half unit value unless stated
otherwise and · denotes a compulsory core course.
Some related courses are given in alternate Years 3 and 4, permitting MSci students to study a particular area in greater depth. Each ½ unit course is equivalent to 7.5 ECTS Credits and
each whole unit course is equivalent to 15 ECTS Credits. Detailed
information on the course unit or ECTS Credit value is given for
individual courses in Section C.
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