Modules for Year 3

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MATHEMATICS BSC. G100

Normal Load = 120 CATS. Maximum Load = 180 CATS.

An honours student must take an appropriate number of List A and List B modules, with at least 57 CATS from List A; at least 30 CATS of this List A must be MA3XX or ST3XX coded modules. An MMath List C module may be taken as an unusual option in the third year for 18 CATS provided the student would have been allowed to be registered for the MMath as a 3rd year had they so wished.

Candidates for the Pass degree are required to take modules totalling between 90 and 104 CATS credits consisting of the core module MA397 Consolidation (7.5 CATS) and modules chosen from Lists A and B, including at least 42 CATS from List A (which should include at least 30 CATS of modules with codes beginning MA3 or ST3).

MASTER OF MATHEMATICS MMATH G103

Normal Load = 120 CATS. Maximum Load = 180 CATS.

Students are required to take at least 90 CATS from Lists A and C. Although it is not a requirement to take any List C modules in the 3rd year, note that G103 students must take, in their third and fourth years combined, at least 108 CATS from the Core (MA469 Project) plus Lists C and D.

Third year students obtaining an end of year Seymour less than 55% and/or less than 55% in their best 90 CATS of List A and List C modules, will normally be considered for the award of a BSc. and not permitted to continue into the 4th year.


Comments

Students should note that the exams for Term 1 Mathematics modules, including some reading modules, take place at the beginning of Term 3.

The second year modules below are available as third year List A options worth 6 or 12 CATS if not taken in Year 2. However, not all these modules are guaranteed to take place every year.

Each List A Year 3 Mathematics module should have a Support Class timetabled in weeks 2 to 10 of the same Term. This is your opportunity to bring the examples you have been working on, to compare progress with fellow students and, where several people are stuck or confused by the same thing, to get guidance from the graduate student in charge. When more than 30 people want to come a second weekly session can be arranged.

It is advisable to check the timetable as soon as possible for two reasons. Firstly, the timing of a course may be unavoidably changed and this page not updated to reflect that yet. Secondly, to guard against clashes. Some will be inevitable, but others may be avoided if they are noticed sufficiently well in advance. This is particularly important if you are doing a slightly unusual combination of options, and if you intend to take options outside the Science Faculty. Pay particular attention to the possibility that modules advertised here as in Term 2 may have been switched to Term 1. Check the Timetable at the start of term.

For a full list of available modules see the relevent course regulation page.

Maths Modules

Term Code Module CATS List
Term 1 MA241 Combinatorics 12 List A
MA243 Geometry 12 List A
MA359 Measure Theory 15 List A
MA371 Qualitative Theory of ODEs 15 List A
MA390 Topics in Mathematical Biology 15 List A
MA397 Consolidation 7.5 Core (Pass Degree only)
MA398 Matrix Analysis and Algorithms 15 List A
MA3D4 Fractal Geometry 15 List A
MA3D5 Galois Theory 15 List A
MA3D9 Geometry of Curves and Surfaces 15 List A
MA3E1 Groups and Representations 15 List A
MA3E5 History of Mathematics 15 List A
MA3F1 Introduction to Topology 15 List A
MA3G7 Functional Analysis I 15 List A
MA3H1 Topics in Number Theory 15 List A
MA3H3 Set Theory 15 List A
MA3H4 Random Discrete Structures 15 List A
MA3H5 Manifolds 15 List A
Terms 1 & 2 MA240 Modelling Nature's Nonlinearity 12 List A
MA372 Reading Module 15 List A
MA395 Essay 15 List A
Term 2 MA222 Metric Spaces 12 List A
MA228 Numerical Analysis (wks 15-19) 6 List A
MA250 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations 12 List A
MA252 Combinatorial Optimization 12 List A
MA253 Probability and Discrete Mathematics 12 List A
MA377 Rings and Modules 15 List A
MA3A6 Algebraic Number Theory 15 List A
MA3B8 Complex Analysis 15 List A
MA3D1 Fluid Dynamics 15 List A
MA3F2 Knot Theory 15 List A
MA3G0 Modern Control Theory 15 List A
MA3G1 Theory of PDEs 15 List A
MA3G6 Commutative Algebra 15 List A
MA3G8 Functional Analysis II 15 List A
MA3H0 Numerical Analysis and PDEs 15 List A
MA3H2 Markov Processes and Percolation Theory 15 List A
MA3H6 Algebraic Topology 15 List A
Term 3 MA209 Variational Principles 6 List A


Statistics Modules

Term Code Module CATS List
Term 1 ST218 Mathematical Statistics A 12 List B
ST301 Bayesian Statistics and Decision Theory 15 List B
ST305 Designed Experiments 15 List B
ST323 Multivariate Statistics 15 List B
ST329 Topics in Statistics 15 List B
ST333 Applied Stochastic Processes 15 List B
ST407 Monte Carlo Methods 15 List B
Term 2 ST219 Mathematical Statistics B 12 List B
ST318 Probability Theory 15 List A
ST332 Medical Statistics 15 List B
ST337 Bayesian Forecasting and Intervention 15 List B


Economics Modules

The Economics 2nd and 3rd Year Handbook is available on request from the Economics Department and contains details of their modules and prerequisites, including information on which will actually run during . This information is also available from the Economics web pages.

Term Code Module CATS List
Term 1 EC220 Mathematical Economics 1A 15 List B
Term 2 EC221 Mathematical Economics 1B 15 List B


Computer Science

Term Code Module CATS List
Term 1 CS301 Complexity of Algorithms 15 List B
  CS324 Computer Graphics 15 List B
  CS325 Compiler Design 15 List B
Term 2 CS332 Programming Language Design and Semantics 15 List B


Physics

Term Code Module CATS List
Term 1 PX350 Weather and the Environment   7.5 List B
PX366 Statistical Physics 7.5 List B
PX382 Quantum Physics of Atoms 7.5 List B
PX384 Electrodynamics 7.5 List B
PX389 Cosmology 7.5 List B
PX390 Scientific programming 7.5 List B
PX392 Plasma Electrodynamics 7.5 List B
PX439 Statistical Mechanics of Complex Systems 7.5 List B
Term 2 PX308 Physics in Medicine 7.5 List B
PX370 Optoelectronics and Laser Physics 7.5 List B
PX387 Astro Physics 15 List B
PX391

Nonlinearity, Chaos and Complexity (will not be available
to maths students from October 2012)

 7.7 List B
PX436 General Relativity 15 List B


Engineering

Term Code Module CATS List
Term 1 ES3C8 Systems Modelling and Control 15 List B


Warwick Business School

Students wishing to take Business Studies options should preregister using the online module registration (OMR) in year two. If students wish to take an option for which they have not preregistered in year two they should register as early as possible directly with the Business School since occasionally the numbers of places on these modules s restricted. More information is available from Room SO.42, Social Studies building. If you start a Business Studies module and then give it up, you must formally deregister with the module secretary.

Term Code Module CATS List
Term 1 IB240 Understanding Industrial Relations 12 List B
IB253 Principles of Finance I 12 or 15 List B
IB313 Business Studies I 15 List B
IB321 Forecasting 12 List B
IB349 Operational Research for Strategic Planning 12 List B
Term 2 IB217 Starting a Business 6 List B
IB241 Managing Industrial Relations 12 List B
IB254 Principles of Finance II 12 or 15 List B
IB314 Business Studies II 15 List B
IB320 Simulation 12 List B
IB352 Mathematical Programming III 15 List B
IB396 Financial Statement Analysis & Security Valuation 12 List B
IB3A7 The Practice of Operational Research 12 List B


Philosophy

Term Code Module CATS List
Term 1 PH210 Logic II: Metatheory 15 List B
Term 2 PH329 Philosophy of Logic 15 List B*
PH340 Logic III: Incompleteness and Undecidability 15 List B
PH345 Philosophy of Computation 15 List B

* PH329 appears as an "unusual option" on eMR, but for 2011/12 we are happy for students to register for it without gettng the neccessary paperwork signed.

Institute of Education

Term Code Module CATS List
Term 2 IE420 Problem Solving 12 List B

Languages

The Language Centre offers academic modules in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish at a wide range of levels. These modules are available for exam credit as unusual options to mathematicians in all years. Pick up a leaflet listing the modules from the Language Centre, on the ground floor of the Humanities Building by the Central Library. Full descriptions are available on request. Note that you may only take one language module (whether as an Unusual Option or from List B) for credit in each year. These modules may carry 24 or 30 CATS and that is the credit you get. But, where a language module is offered at a choice of 24 or 30 CATS, you MUST choose the 24 CATS version.

From October 2011 3rd and 4th year students cannot take beginners level (level 1) Language modules.

There is also an extensive and very popular programme of lifelong learning language classes provided by the centre to the local community, with discounted fees for Warwick students. Enrolment is from 9am on Wednesday of week 1. These classes do not count as credit towards your degree.

The Language Centre also offers audiovisual and computer self-access facilities, with appropriate material for individual study at various levels in Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. (This kind of study may improve your mind, but it does not count for exam credit.)

A full module listing with descriptions is available on the Language Centre web pages.

Important note for students who pre-register for Language Centre modules

It is essential that you confirm your module pre-registration by coming to the Language Centre as soon as you can during week one of the new academic year. If you do not confirm your registration, your place on the module cannot be guaranteed. If you decide, during the summer, NOT to study a language module and to change your registration details, please have the courtesy to inform the Language Centre of the amendment.

Information on enrolment can be found at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/languagecentre/academic/enrolment/

Objectives

After completing the third year of the BSc degree or MMath degree the students will have

  • covered advanced material in mathematics, and studied some of it in depth
  • achieved a level of mathematical maturity which has progressed from the skills expected in school mathematics to the understanding of abstract ideas and their applications
  • developed
    1. investigative and analytical skills,
    2. the ability to formulate and solve concrete and abstract problems in a precise way, and
    3. the ability to present precise logical arguments
  • been given the opportunity to develop other interests by taking options outside the Mathematics Department in all the years of their degree course.

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