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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027

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Degree Programme Table: Mathematics and Business BSc (Hons) (UTBSCMATBU1F)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Introduction to Mathematics at University

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

MATH08078 20 credits
Linear Algebra 1

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

MATH08079 20 credits
Introduction to Mathematical Analysis

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

MATH08081 20 credits
Global Challenges for Business

Must be taken during Semester 1

BUST08035 20 credits
The Business of Edinburgh

Must be taken during Semester 2

BUST08036 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Maths Y1 - FAC

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 in Advanced Higher Mathematics; or if you do not have A Level Further Mathematics.
Fundamentals of Algebra and Calculus
MATH07003 20 credits
AND

Maths Y1 - IDS

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Introduction to Data Science
MATH08077 20 credits
AND

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

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to O, Q to T, W and Y
Notes:
Students are *recommended* to take ECNM08004 Economic Principles (20 credits).
Students must consult course prerequisites and other requirements carefully when making course choices.

Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, 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.

Students are asked to note that although Elementary Probability and Statistics has two instances, it is the same course, delivered once in Semester 1 and once in Semester 2, with an examination in the May diet. Students can only take the course once during the academic year, and in most cases, the semester in which they take the course is prescribed by their programme.

Given that MATH08085 and MATH08086 are identical in content, students will have a maximum of 4 assessment attempts (3 assessment attempts for students subject to immigration control) combined for the two courses.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Linear Algebra 2

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

MATH08080 20 credits
Elementary Probability and Statistics (Semester 1)

Must be taken during Semester 1

MATH08085 20 credits
Further Analysis and Several Variable Calculus

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

MATH08082 20 credits
Modelling and Computing

Must be taken during Semester 2

MATH08084 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Business Research Methods 1: Qualitative Inquiry

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
It is recommended that students planning to undertake the BUST10158 Business Honours Dissertation take this course in Year 2.
Business Research Methods 1: Qualitative Inquiry
BUST08059 20 credits
AND

ROU_H_UTMAH Business level 8

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Principles of Finance
BUST08003 20 credits
Marketing
BUST08004 20 credits
Business Economics
BUST08005 20 credits
International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A
BUST08008 20 credits
International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B
BUST08009 20 credits
Human Resource Management 2
BUST08027 20 credits
Organisational Behaviour 2
BUST08028 20 credits
Business Simulation
BUST08031 20 credits
Business Analytics and Information Systems
BUST08032 20 credits
Fundamentals of Programming for Business Applications
BUST08039 20 credits
Planning for a start-up
BUST08052 20 credits
Innovation and Enterprise
BUST08053 20 credits
Business and Sustainability
BUST08055 20 credits
Strategic Marketing Insights
BUST08057 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: August

Notes:
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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Honours Differential Equations

Must be taken during Semester 1

MATH10066 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select between 20 and 60 credits in this group.

Maths Y3 - Honours Courses (M&B)

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Honours Complex Variables
MATH10067 20 credits
Honours Analysis
MATH10068 20 credits
AND

Maths Y3 - S1 (M&B)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Stochastic Modelling (Undergraduate)
MATH10007 10 credits
Honours Analysis
MATH10068 20 credits
Combinatorics and Graph Theory
MATH10072 10 credits
Geometry
MATH10074 10 credits
Statistical Methodology
MATH10095 10 credits
Numerical Linear Algebra
MATH10098 10 credits
AND

Maths Y3 - S2 (M&B)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Financial Mathematics
MATH10003 10 credits
Numerical Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications
MATH10060 10 credits
Honours Complex Variables
MATH10067 20 credits
Honours Algebra
MATH10069 20 credits
Introduction to Number Theory
MATH10071 10 credits
Linear Programming, Modelling and Solution
MATH10073 10 credits
Statistical Computing
MATH10093 10 credits
Applied Statistics
MATH10096 10 credits
Metric Spaces
MATH10101 10 credits
Classical Mechanics for Mathematicians
MATH10106 10 credits
AND

Group B

Select between 40 and 80 credits in this group.

Maths Y3 - S1&2 Business Options (M&B)

Select between 40 and 80 credits of the following courses
Notes:
BUST09007 Preparing for your Dissertation and CMSE1003 Business Research Methods II: Applications and Analysis are recommended for students intending to take BUST10158 Business Honours Dissertation.
Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency
ACCN10026 20 credits
The Accounting Profession
ACCN10027 20 credits
Preparing for your Dissertation
BUST09007 0 credits
Business Ethics
BUST10004 20 credits
International Business in Emerging Markets
BUST10018 20 credits
The Economics of Corporate Strategy
BUST10021 20 credits
Futures and Options
BUST10023 20 credits
Quality Management
BUST10024 20 credits
Managing Employment Law
BUST10028 20 credits
Operations Strategy
BUST10092 20 credits
International Strategic Management in Practice
BUST10104 20 credits
Managing Change
BUST10107 20 credits
The Entrepreneurial Manager
BUST10115 20 credits
Economic Aspects of Competition Policy
BUST10124 20 credits
Applications of Human Resource Management
BUST10129 20 credits
Decision Analytics
BUST10133 20 credits
Mathematical Programming in Advanced Analytics
BUST10134 20 credits
Management Science and Operations Analytics
BUST10135 20 credits
Business and Society: The Impact of Globalisation
BUST10136 20 credits
Global Creative Industries: The art of business and the business of art
BUST10140 20 credits
Service Management in an International Context
BUST10142 20 credits
Digital Business
BUST10144 20 credits
The Future of Work
BUST10147 20 credits
Global Business and the Sustainable Development Goals
BUST10148 20 credits
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructuring
BUST10149 20 credits
Eco-Innovation for a Circular Economy
BUST10153 20 credits
Global Macro Investing
BUST10157 20 credits
Marketing & Climate Change
BUST10160 20 credits
Crisis Management for Organisations
BUST10162 20 credits
Entrepreneurship and Business Growth
BUST10163 20 credits
Managing in the third sector
BUST10166 20 credits
Strategic Management
CMSE10002 20 credits
Business Research Methods II: Applications and Analysis
CMSE10003 20 credits
AND

Preparing for your Dissertation

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
Notes:
This course is compulsory for students who intend to write the Business Honours Dissertation. If you did not take BUST08056 BRMII: Research Design and Application in Year 2, you should also audit this course.
Preparing for your Dissertation
BUST09007 0 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: August

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 120 credits in this group.

Maths Y4 - Project-Based Courses (M&B)

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Taking Statistical Case Studies together with Mathematics Project is not recommended, as both are year-long courses with final deadlines very close together.
Business Honours Dissertation
BUST10158 40 credits
Mathematical Education
MATH10010 20 credits
Project in Mathematics (Double)
MATH10031 40 credits
Mathematics Project
MATH10063 20 credits
Statistical Case Studies
MATH10102 20 credits
AND

Maths Y4 - Honours Courses (M&B)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Honours Complex Variables
MATH10067 20 credits
Honours Analysis
MATH10068 20 credits
Honours Algebra
MATH10069 20 credits
AND

Maths Y4 / 5 - Full Year (BSc / MMath / MA / M&S / M&M / M&B)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Probability, Measure & Finance
MATH10024 20 credits
AND

Maths Y4 / 5 - S1 (BSc / MMath / MA / M&M / M&B / M&P)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Stochastic Modelling (Undergraduate)
MATH10007 10 credits
Mathematical Biology
MATH10013 10 credits
Commutative Algebra
MATH10017 10 credits
Theory of Statistical Inference
MATH10028 10 credits
Essentials in Analysis and Probability
MATH10047 10 credits
Applied Stochastic Differential Equations
MATH10053 10 credits
Fundamentals of Operational Research
MATH10065 10 credits
Combinatorics and Graph Theory
MATH10072 10 credits
Geometry
MATH10074 10 credits
General Topology
MATH10076 10 credits
Group Theory
MATH10079 10 credits
Linear Analysis
MATH10082 10 credits
Statistical Methodology
MATH10095 10 credits
Numerical Linear Algebra
MATH10098 10 credits
Entrepreneurship in the Mathematical Sciences
MATH10099 10 credits
Introduction to Partial Differential Equations
MATH10100 10 credits
Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians
MATH10107 10 credits
Statistics in Education
MATH10108 10 credits
Introduction to Lie Groups
MATH11053 10 credits
Topics in Ring and Representation Theory
MATH11144 10 credits
Further Complex Variables
MATH11233 10 credits
Differential Geometry
MATH11235 10 credits
Axiomatic Set Theory
MATH11236 10 credits
Classical Field Theory
MATH11241 10 credits
Fluid Dynamics
MATH11248 10 credits
Magnetohydrodynamics I
MATH11267 10 credits
AND

Maths Y4 / 5 - S2 (BSc / MMath / MA / M&M / M&B / M&P)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Financial Mathematics
MATH10003 10 credits
Fourier Analysis
MATH10051 10 credits
Numerical Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications
MATH10060 10 credits
Multivariate Data Analysis
MATH10064 10 credits
Introduction to Number Theory
MATH10071 10 credits
Linear Programming, Modelling and Solution
MATH10073 10 credits
Algebraic Topology
MATH10077 10 credits
Galois Theory
MATH10080 10 credits
Advanced Methods of Applied Mathematics
MATH10086 20 credits
Statistical Computing
MATH10093 10 credits
Applied Statistics
MATH10096 10 credits
Metric Spaces
MATH10101 10 credits
Classical Mechanics for Mathematicians
MATH10106 10 credits
Algebraic Geometry
MATH11120 10 credits
Geometry of General Relativity
MATH11138 10 credits
Applied Dynamical Systems
MATH11140 10 credits
Modern Methods in Geometry and Topology
MATH11142 10 credits
Numerical Partial Differential Equations
MATH11207 10 credits
Analytic Number Theory
MATH11226 10 credits
Topics in Mathematical Physics A
MATH11227 10 credits
Magnetohydrodynamics II
MATH11268 10 credits
AND

Maths Y4 / 5 - PGT Courses Without Concession (BSc / MMath / MA / M&M / M&B/ M&P)

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.)

Students must consult course prerequisites and other requirements carefully when making course choices. In particular, Year 4 students are unable to take Financial Risk Theory (MATH11132) as they cannot meet the prerequisites.
Simulation
MATH11028 10 credits
Finance, Risk and Uncertainty
MATH11088 10 credits
Fundamentals of Optimization
MATH11111 10 credits
Time Series
MATH11131 10 credits
Financial Risk Theory
MATH11132 10 credits
Large Scale Optimization for Data Science
MATH11147 10 credits
Optimization Methods in Finance
MATH11158 10 credits
Bayesian Data Analysis
MATH11175 10 credits
Bayesian Theory
MATH11177 10 credits
Topics in Applied Operational Research
MATH11183 10 credits
Incomplete Data Analysis
MATH11185 10 credits
Risk and Logistics
MATH11190 10 credits
Integer and Combinatorial Optimization
MATH11192 10 credits
Operational Research in the Energy Industry
MATH11193 10 credits
Numerical Probability and Monte Carlo
MATH11202 10 credits
Machine Learning in Python
MATH11205 10 credits
Biostatistics
MATH11230 10 credits
Industrial Mathematics
MATH11231 10 credits
Numerical Methods for Data
MATH11240 10 credits
Nonlinear Optimization
MATH11244 10 credits
Design and Sampling for Data Science
MATH11245 10 credits
Optimization under Uncertainty
MATH11247 10 credits
AND

Maths Y4 / 5 - Approved Outside Courses (M&B)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Decision Analytics
BUST10133 20 credits
Mathematical Programming in Advanced Analytics
BUST10134 20 credits
AND

ROU_H_UT International Business 4_10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency
ACCN10026 20 credits
The Accounting Profession
ACCN10027 20 credits
Business Ethics
BUST10004 20 credits
Consumer Behaviour
BUST10007 20 credits
Corporate Finance
BUST10012 20 credits
The Economics of Corporate Strategy
BUST10021 20 credits
Futures and Options
BUST10023 20 credits
Quality Management
BUST10024 20 credits
Managing Employment Law
BUST10028 20 credits
Negotiation
BUST10039 20 credits
Operations Strategy
BUST10092 20 credits
Marketing and Society
BUST10108 20 credits
The Entrepreneurial Manager
BUST10115 20 credits
Enterprise Consultancy Project
BUST10120 20 credits
Economic Aspects of Competition Policy
BUST10124 20 credits
Brand Culture
BUST10127 20 credits
Applications of Human Resource Management
BUST10129 20 credits
Digital Marketing
BUST10130 20 credits
Decision Analytics
BUST10133 20 credits
Mathematical Programming in Advanced Analytics
BUST10134 20 credits
Management Science and Operations Analytics
BUST10135 20 credits
Global Creative Industries: The art of business and the business of art
BUST10140 20 credits
Digital Business
BUST10144 20 credits
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructuring
BUST10149 20 credits
Interactive Retailing
BUST10150 20 credits
Theories and Techniques of Persuasion
BUST10151 20 credits
Eco-Innovation for a Circular Economy
BUST10153 20 credits
Fixed Income Analysis
BUST10156 20 credits
Global Macro Investing
BUST10157 20 credits
Marketing & Climate Change
BUST10160 20 credits
Crisis Management for Organisations
BUST10162 20 credits
Entrepreneurship and Business Growth
BUST10163 20 credits
Managing in the third sector
BUST10166 20 credits
Strategy, Power and Politics: The Art of Government
BUST10168 20 credits
Organising for Sustainability and Equity
BUST10172 20 credits
People Analytics
BUST10173 20 credits
Marketing of Financial Services
BUST10176 20 credits
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