THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your outside courses, please refer to the course selection information at https://teaching.maths.ed.ac.uk/main/undergraduate/getting-started/course-selection-and-timetabling

All 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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Maths Y1 Fundamentals

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Choose this course if you do not have Advanced Higher Mathematics or you have Grade C or below (or if you have neither Grade A* in A Level Mathematics nor Grade A in A Level Further Mathematics).
AND

Introduction to Data Science

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Select between 20 and 60 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
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.

Continuing Students - Select courses from Group A
Direct Entry Students - Select courses from Group B

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 50 credits in this group.

Facets of Mathematics

Select between 0 and 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
*This is a RECOMMENDED course*
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Select between 40 and 50 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
OR

Group B

Select exactly 50 credits in this group.

Maths : Direct Entry

Select exactly 30 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y


Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
1. Students must take a minimum of 70 credits of Statistics courses during Honours years. The two year three compulsory courses (Statistical Methodology and Statistical Computing) count toward this 70 credit total, as does a Year 4 project in an agreed statistical area.

2. Students wishing to undertake a non-compulsory Year Abroad in Year 3 should have achieved 'A' grades in the following courses:

- Introduction to Linear Algebra*
- Proofs and Problem Solving*
- Calculus and its Applications*
- Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations
- Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics

(* or Direct Entry equivalents - Accelerated Proofs and Problem Solving & Accelerated Algebra and Calculus for Direct Entry)

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

HAlg/HAna/HCoV/HDEq choice

Select between 20 and 80 credits of the following courses
AND

2024-25: UTMATST: Y3 statistics options

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These courses count towards the minimum of 70 credits of statistics courses required during Honours years.
AND

2024-25: UTMATHST : Y3 options : Semester 1

Select between 0 and 30 credits of the following courses
AND

2024-25: UTMATHST : Y3 options : Semester 2

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
AND

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

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T and W

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students need to take a minimum of 70 credits of Statistics courses during Honours years. A project in an agreed statistical area will count towards this total.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

2024-25: UTMATHB : Y4/5 synoptic L10/11

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
The 'Mathematics Dissertation' is recommended only for students who are confident in their ability to work at a more advanced level.

Taking Statistical Case Studies together with Mathematics Project or Mathematics Dissertation is not recommended, as both are year-long courses with final deadlines very close together.
AND

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

2024-25: UTMATST : Y4/5 : Statistics L10/11

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These courses count towards the minimum of 70 credits of statistics courses required during Honours years. Please note these are a mix of undergraduate courses and taught postgraduate courses that can be taken without concession.
AND

Group B

Select between 60 and 80 credits in this group.

2024-25: UTMATHB : Y4/5 options : FULL YEAR

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
AND

HAlg/HAna/HCoV/HDEq - Y4 choices - UTMATST

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
AND

2024-25: UTMATHB : Y4/5 options : SEMESTER 1

Select between 0 and 80 credits of the following courses
AND

2024-25: UTMATHB : Y4/5 options : Semester 2

Select between 0 and 80 credits of the following courses
AND

2024-25: UTMATHB : Y4/5 : PGT courses without concession

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These Postgraduate Taught courses may be taken by Undergraduate students without requiring a concession (NB. students on Postgraduate taught programmes are given priority in the allocation of places). For all other Postgraduate Taught courses the student must discuss with their Student Advisor and/or Cohort Lead.

AND

Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

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