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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027

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Degree Programme Table: Mathematics and Music (BSc Hons) (UTMATMU)

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

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

Notes:
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.

Students must take at least 40 credits of Music courses - please consult your Academic Cohort Lead if you are in any doubt about your course choices.

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Maths Y1 - Music Fundamentals (M&M)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Choose this course if you do not have Grade A at SQA Advanced Higher or GCE A level in Music.
Fundamentals of Music Theory
MUSI07001 20 credits
AND

Maths Y1 - Music Composition (M&M)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Choose this course if you would like to be able to take courses from the composition pathway in later years.
Creative Musicianship
MUSI08077 20 credits
AND

Maths Y1 - S1&2 Music Options (M&M)

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Choose one of Thinking about Music or Topics in Popular Music if you would like to be able to take history-based courses in later years.
Sound Recording
MUSI08054 20 credits
Music 1A: Psychology of Music
MUSI08069 20 credits
Thinking about Music
MUSI08075 20 credits
Topics in Popular Music
MUSI08078 20 credits
Musical Acoustics
PHYS08021 20 credits
AND

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 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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Linear Algebra 2

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

MATH08080 20 credits
Further Analysis and Several Variable Calculus

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

MATH08082 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Maths Y2 - S1&2 Maths Options (M&M)

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students should consult the prerequisites for Year 3 Mathematics courses to ensure that they choose appropriately from the courses 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.
Modelling and Computing
MATH08084 20 credits
Elementary Probability and Statistics (Semester 1)
MATH08085 20 credits
Elementary Probability and Statistics (Semester 2)
MATH08086 20 credits
AND

Maths Y2 - S1&2 Music Options (M&M)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Sound Recording
MUSI08054 20 credits
Creative Music Technology
MUSI08057 20 credits
Music 1A: Psychology of Music
MUSI08069 20 credits
Thinking about Music
MUSI08075 20 credits
Music Analysis
MUSI08076 20 credits
Creative Musicianship
MUSI08077 20 credits
Topics in Popular Music
MUSI08078 20 credits
Architectural Acoustics and Spatial Sound
MUSI08079 20 credits
Composing for Voices and Instruments
MUSI08080 20 credits
Understanding Music History 2: The Idea of Western Art Music from Romanticism to the Late Twentieth Century
MUSI08082 20 credits
Understanding Music History 1: Critical Approaches to Art Music in Europe, c800-1800
MUSI08084 20 credits
Musical Acoustics
PHYS08021 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 must consult course prerequisites and other requirements carefully when making course choices.

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

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

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 120 credits in this group.

Maths Y3 / 4 - Honours Courses (M&S / M&M)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students should check prerequisites for Year 3 and 4 courses before choosing Honours courses to ensure that they do not limit their future choices.
Honours Differential Equations
MATH10066 20 credits
Honours Complex Variables
MATH10067 20 credits
Honours Analysis
MATH10068 20 credits
Honours Algebra
MATH10069 20 credits
AND

Music Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Music Level 10 courses
Notes:
MUSI10066 Research Methods in Music is highly recommended if you wish to take MUSI10016 Dissertation in Music in Year 4
AND

Maths Y3 - S1 (BSc / MMath / MA / M&M / M&P)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Stochastic Modelling (Undergraduate)
MATH10007 10 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 (BSc / MMath / MA / M&M / M&P)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Financial Mathematics
MATH10003 10 credits
Numerical Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications
MATH10060 10 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

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to S and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to S and W
Notes:
Students must consult course prerequisites and other requirements carefully when making course choices.

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 40 credits in this group.

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

Select exactly 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.
Mathematical Education
MATH10010 20 credits
Project in Mathematics (Double)
MATH10031 40 credits
Mathematics Project
MATH10063 20 credits
Statistical Case Studies
MATH10102 20 credits
Dissertation in Music
MUSI10016 40 credits
Portfolio of Compositions
MUSI10115 40 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Maths Y3 / 4 - Honours Courses (M&S / M&M)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Honours Differential Equations
MATH10066 20 credits
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

Group C

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Music Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Music Level 10 courses
Notes:
Students cannot take Music courses from this box that are worth 40 credits, including MUSI10016 (Dissertation in Music) and MUSI10115 (Portfolios of Compositions), as these are project courses.
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