Postgraduate Diploma in Science (PGDipSci) in Mathematics

Summary

Pursue advanced study in your specialist area with the Postgraduate Diploma in Science. Extend your knowledge with coursework or try a project or dissertation as part of your diploma – the option is yours. The PGDipSci offers a pathway toward masters and doctoral study.

The PGDipSci programme involves one year of full-time study, or up to four years of part-time study, after you have completed the requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree.

• 120 points in your specialist subject listed in the Postgraduate Diploma in Science schedule
• A project or dissertation of up to 45 points may be included

Summer School will start in January.

You can study Mathematics as a postgraduate specialisation in either Faculty of Science or Faculty of Arts programmes.

Postgraduate study in Mathematics increases your knowledge and understanding across a broader and deeper range of topics in Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics or Mathematics Education. You will have the opportunity to learn about research, make new discoveries, develop new ways of thinking, and have the exciting and rewarding experience of presenting your own new findings. Research areas open to exploration include:

• Algebra
• Climate modelling
• Combinatorics
• Complex analysis and differential equations
• Dynamical systems
• Functional analysis and operator theory
• Industrial mathematics
• Mathematical biology
• Mathematics education
• Numerical analysis
• Topology

Structuring your postgraduate programme in Mathematics

Postgraduate Diploma in Science (PGDipSci) in Mathematics

At least 75 points in 700 level Mathematics courses
Up to 45 points from level 600 and 700 courses in Mathematics or related subjects: Computer Science, Physics, Statistics.

This subject also available in faculty of arts.

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