We offer a wide range of BSc degree courses. These range from the single subject degree in mathematics through to joint degrees involving up to five separate departments. There are a large number of joint degrees which are founded upon the University's modular structure with its associated flexibility. These degrees enable students to study mathematics and statistics together with relevant areas of application, in line with the University's mission to be 'a place of useful learning' in the local community.
All Honours students are expected to carry out a major project during their final year. This project will be in an area which is of interest to the student and the work will be closely supervised by one of the teaching staff. Final honours projects may involve analysing data, looking into a new, or old, area of mathematics or statistics, or applying mathematics and statistics from the course to solve a real problem in an industrial or business context.
Some recent project titles include:
- Contrasting Different Methods in Population Modelling
- The Differential Geometry of Surfaces
- The Four-Colour Problem
- The History of Numerical Analysis
- Predicting Sea-age of Salmon
- Investigation into the Routes Taken to Higher Education
- Mathematical Modelling of Microwave Heating
- The Mathematics of Sir Isaac Newton
- The Motion of Bubbles and Droplets on a Vertical Temperature Gradient
- The Motion of Spinning Tops
- Mathematics of Search Engines
- Ironing
- The Spread of Rabies by Foxes
- A Statistical Analysis of the Scottish Regional Elections (1994)
- The Study of Prime Numbers
- Survival Analysis of Oral Cancer Patients
- Darts
- Keeping the Roof On
- How to Avoid the Poisoned Cookie
- Statistical Data Analysis in Finance
Students are expected to write a report on their work which will count towards their Honours classification. At Strathclyde, this project is seen as a vital part of the development of a student's abilities and is a key feature in our desire to teach mathematics and statistics through the applications of these subjects to real problems. The fifth year of the MMath in Mathematics contains a major project (half the curriculum) which could be carried out on placement in industry.