Depending on choices, students will take either seven or eight modules, allowing students to study several different topics in depth, and to focus on the areas that interest most.
Over two years students will also learn the methods of mathematical research: how to read mathematical papers and how to communicate mathematics, both in written form for their project dissertation, and orally when students give presentations about their project.
Students will acquire the skills to pursue their interest in the subject, either formally with a research degree, or informally with independent reading. Students will come to us as someone with a mathematics degree; students will graduate as a mathematician.
Highlights
- Offers modules in group theory, graph theory, combinatorics and applicable mathematics such as coding theory and cryptography.
- Specially designed for part-time students: delivered via high-quality, face-to-face teaching in the evenings, so that students can fit study around daytime commitments.
- Students complete a project in their chosen area of mathematics, with guidance from an expert supervisor.
- Birkbeck's mathematicians are all active researchers, mostly in the areas of algebra and combinatorics. College have developed this exciting course around those research strengths.
- Birkbeck has a library and several workstation rooms. Students can also use several local university libraries, including the collection of the London Mathematical Society, a five-minute walk from Birkbeck's main building.
