ObjectivesThis course focuses on the overlap between Human Geography and Mathematics. It aims to provide you with a broad understanding of how geographical concepts and skills combined with mathematical knowledge can be used in suggesting possible solutions for real world problems. The course combines the key aspects of both Mathematics and Geography and allows you to take a broad programme which can span the range of Human Geography and Applied and Pure Mathematics
Entry requirements-GCE/VCE A Levels - ABB -BTEC National Diploma - 2 Distinctions and 1 Merit -Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - AB+BB or equivalent -Scottish Advanced Highers - ABB -Two Scottish Advanced Highers plus Two Highers - AB+BB -Irish Leaving Cert. - AABBB -International Baccalaureate - 33 points -Core Requirements - Grade B in GCE A Level Maths and Grade B in GCE A Level Geography
Academic titleBSc Geography and Mathematics
Course descriptionThis is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Foundations of Probability and Statistics
-Information and Communication Skills for Geographers
-Introducing Social and Cultural Geographies
-Mathematics with Maple
-Matrices and Geometry
-Numbers and Proofs
-Practical Calculus
-Probability and Inference
-Probability, Sets and Complex Numbers
-Qualitative Methods in Human Geography
-Region, Nation and World
-Applications of Probability and Statistics
-Groups and Symmetries
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Advanced Calculus
-Linear Mathematics for Applications
-Probability Modelling
-Statistical Modelling
-Statistical Reasoning
-Statistics Core
-Cities and Modernities
-Continuity and Integration
-Cultural Geographies
-Environment, Society and Policy
-Geographies of Development
-Geographies of Governance
-Geographies of Social Identities and Difference
-Globalisation and State Power
-Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
-Introduction to Remote Sensing
-Numerical Linear Algebra
-Philosophical Issues in Human Geography
-Research Design in Human Geography
-Researching Human Geographies
-Social Geographies of Life Chances
-Socio-Spatial Analysis
-Statistics in Society
-Topics in Number Theory
Typical Third Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Geographical Research Project
-Development Geographies Field Class
-Development and Global Change
-Extended Geographical Essay
-GIS and the Social Sciences
-Geographical Impact of The European Union
-Geographies of Consumption
-Geographies of Health
-Geography of Elections
-Geography of Europe Field Class
-Practical and Applied Statistics
-Social Geography of Europe
-Urban Field Class
-Applicable Analysis
-Applied Probability
-Bayesian Statistics
-Codes and Cryptography
-Combinatorics
-Complex Analysis
-Financial Mathematics
-Graph Theory
-History of Mathematics
-Knots and Surfaces
-Linear Models
-Medical Statistics
-Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments
-Time Series
-Topics in Number Theory
-Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme in Mathematics