This programme is available in Edinburgh.
Programme Director: Dr Martin Youngson
Programme Code: F1F1-MSA
For further information about course choices consult:
- Programme Structure and Progression Rules for your own degree programme, with all the fine details.
An optional course may not run if there is insufficient demand for it; some choices of courses may not be available to students in some years because of timetabling constraints.
Year 1
Year 1 Director of Studies:Prof Mark Lawson
- General information for 1st Year mathematics students: click here
Semester 1 Timetable
Semester 2 Timetable
8 courses: 5 mandatory, up to 3 optional courses, up to 2 elective courses
| Semester 1 (Mandatory) | Semester 2 (Mandatory) |
|---|---|
| F17CA Calculus A | F17CB Calculus B |
| F17CC Introduction to University Mathematics | F77SB Introduction to Statistical Science B |
| F77SA Introduction to Statistical Science A | |
| Semester 1 (Optional) | Semester 2 (Optional choose 1) |
| C27OA Introductory Economics | F17GA Problem Solving |
| F77PD Professional Development Planning | |
| Semester 1 (Elective) | Semester 2 (Elective choose 1) |
| 1 SCQF Level 7 Elective Course | C37FF Finance and Financial Reporting |
| 1 SCQF Level 7 Elective Course |
Year 2
Year 2 Director of Studies:Dr Anatoly Konechny
Semester 1 Timetable
Semester 2 Timetable
8 courses: 7 mandatory, 1 optional
| Semester 1 (Mandatory) | Semester 2 (Mandatory) |
|---|---|
| F18CD Multivariable Calculus and Real Analysis A | F18CE Multivariable Calculus and Real Analysis B |
| F18CF Linear Algebra | F78AB Actuarial and Financial Mathematics B |
| F78AA Actuarial and Financial Mathematics A | F78PB Probability and Statistics B |
| F78PA Probability and Statistics A | |
| Semester 2 (Optional choose) | |
| F18NA Numerical Analysis A | |
| C37FF Finance and Financial Reporting |
Year 3
Year 3 Director of Studies:Dr Martin Youngson
Semester 1 Timetable
Semester 2 Timetable
8 courses: 4 mandatory, 4 optional.
| Semester 1 (Mandatory) | Semester 2 (Mandatory) |
|---|---|
| F19PL Abstract Algebra | F19MO Ordinary Differential Equations |
| F79MA Statistical Models A | F79MB Statistical Models B |
| Semester 1 (Optional choose 2) | Semester 2 (Optional choose 2) |
| C27OA Introductory Economics | F19AB Applied Mathematics B |
| F19MV Vector Analysis | F19MC Complex Analysis |
| F19PB Pure Mathematics B | F19NB Numerical Analysis B |
| F70LA Life Insurance Mathematics A | F70LB Life Insurance Mathematics B |
| F79PA Portfolio Theory and Asset Models | F79DF Derivative Markets and Discrete-time Finance |
| F79SP Stochastic Processes | F79SU Survival Models |
Year 4
Year 4 Director of Studies:Prof Andy White
- For an overview of what is in the 4th year courses, click on the Brief Descriptions PDF.
- Some options run subject to demand.
Semester 1 Timetable
Semester 2 Timetable
8 courses: all optional
| Semester 1 ( Optional choose 4) | Semester 2 ( Optional choose 4) |
|---|---|
| F10AC Applied Mathematics C | F10AN Mathematical Biology B |
| F10AM Mathematical Biology A | F10MP Partial Differential Equations |
| F10MF Functional Analysis | F10ND Numerical Analysis D |
| F10MM Optimisation | F10PD Pure Mathematics D |
| F10NC Numerical Analysis C | F10PG Geometry |
| F10PC Pure Mathematics C | F70LB Life Insurance Mathematics B |
| F70CF Continuous-time Finance | F70LP Life Office Practice |
| F70LA Life Insurance Mathematics A | F70RT Risk Theory |
| F70PE Pensions | F70SP Further Stochastic Processes |
| F70SC Statistical Computing | F70TS Time Series |
| F71RM Financial Risk Management | F79BI Bayesian Inference and Computational Methods |
| F79PS Statistics for Social Science |
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