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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2017/2018
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Degree Programme Table: Mathematics and Biology (BSc) (UTBSCMATBI1F)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

Notes:
NB. Some compulsory courses 'must be passed' before students are permitted to progress to the next year of the programme. This condition is stated clearly in the information below.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Introduction to Linear Algebra

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

MATH08057 20 credits
Calculus and its Applications

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

MATH08058 20 credits
Molecules, Genes and Cells 1

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

BILG08015 20 credits
Origin and Diversity of Life 1

Must be taken during Semester 1

BILG08001 20 credits
Biological Chemistry 1A

Must be taken during Semester 1

CHEM08022 20 credits
Biological Chemistry 1B

Must be taken during Semester 2

CHEM08023 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
NB. Some compulsory courses 'must be passed' before students are permitted to progress to the next year of the programme. This condition is stated clearly in the information below.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

MATH08063 20 credits
Probability

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

MATH08066 10 credits
Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

MATH08064 20 credits
Statistics (Year 2)

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

MATH08051 10 credits
Accelerated Proofs and Problem Solving

Must be taken during Semester 1

MATH08071 10 credits
Genes and Gene Action 2

Must be taken during Semester 2

BILG08003 20 credits
Computing and Numerics

Must be taken during Semester 2

MATH08065 10 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

MathBiol : Y2 evolutionary stream

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Choose this course if you would like to take the *Evolutionary Biology* stream now and in later sessions.
Evolution in Action 2
BILG08005 20 credits
OR

MathBiol : Y2 systems stream

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Choose this course if you would like to take the *Systems Biology* stream now and in later sessions.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
The Dynamic Cell 2
BILG08009 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
NB. These compulsory courses will be revised during 2017-18 for publication in 2018-19.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Honours Differential Equations

Must be taken during Semester 1

MATH10066 20 credits
Honours Analysis

Must be taken during Semester 1

MATH10068 20 credits
Likelihood

Must be taken during Semester 2

MATH10004 10 credits
Stochastic Modelling

Must be taken during Semester 2

MATH10007 10 credits
Numerical Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications

Must be taken during Semester 2

MATH10060 10 credits
Numerical Partial Differential Equations

Must be taken during Semester 2

MATH10044 10 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

MathBiol : Y3 evolutionary stream

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These courses are *compulsory* if you are on the *Evolutionary Biology* stream.
Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics 3
BILG09004 20 credits
Genomes and Genomics 3
BILG09005 20 credits
OR

MathBiol : Y3 systems stream

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These courses are *compulsory* if you are on the *Systems Biology* stream.
Molecular Cell Biology 3
BILG09001 20 credits
Molecular Genetics 3
BILG09002 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 10 credits in this group.

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 10 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
These 10 credits are likely to become a compulsory course in 2018-19.

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
NB. Project must be in an agreed area relevant to mathematical biology.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Mathematical Biology

Must be taken during Semester 1

MATH10013 10 credits
Topics in Mathematical Biology
MATH10083 10 credits
Project in Mathematics (Double)

Must be taken during Full Year

MATH10031 40 credits

Course options

2017-18 : UTMATBI : Y4/5 options

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Applied Stochastic Differential Equations
MATH10053 10 credits
Advanced Methods of Applied Mathematics
MATH10086 20 credits
Stochastic Models in Biology
MATH11116 10 credits
Applied Dynamical Systems
MATH11140 10 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

MathBiol : Y4 evolutionary stream

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These courses are *compulsory* if you are on the *Evolutionary Biology* stream.
Molecular Phylogenetics
EVBI10003 10 credits
Molecular Evolutionary Genetics
EVBI10006 10 credits
Evolution of Sex & Breeding Systems
ZLGY10013 10 credits
Evolutionary Ecology of Life Histories
ZLGY10027 10 credits
OR

MathBiol : Y4 systems stream

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Practical Systems Biology
PGBI11089 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in the School of Biological Sciences

Select between 20 and 40 credits from Level 10 courses in the School of Biological Sciences
Notes:
These courses are *compulsory* if you are on the *Systems Biology* stream.
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