Advanced Mathematics Project - 2025 entry

In this module you will gain experience of independent work by in-depth research into an open-ended problem agreed with your Project Supervisor. Part way through the project, you will present your work to date to a group of academics and fellow students in order to obtain feedback on your progress and to help guide the remainder of your study. This forms 10% of the assessment. At the end of the project, you will write a coherent and comprehensible account of your work in the form of a dissertation that forms 90% of the assessment. Computational work by the use of MATLAB, or other appropriate package, may form part of the Advanced Mathematics Project.

Pre-requisite Modules: Specific to the project topic concerned.

This module provides the opportunity for you to produce a well-researched project in mathematics, either complementing or extending material in the taught part of the programme. By taking this module, you will develop your research skills and become familiar with current research literature.

Module Specific Skills and Knowledge:

1. Review and appraise recent research in some aspect of mathematics;

Discipline Specific Skills and Knowledge:

2. Apply computational and/or theoretical reasoning to analysing mathematical challenges;

Personal and Key Transferable/ Employment Skills and Knowledge:

3. Write a concise, clear and accurate technical report;

4. Work independently and to a deadline on an open-ended problem;

5. Give a cogent oral presentation on your work to a non-specialist audience.

Term 1: You will choose your project from a list of staff-proposed topics, ranking five preferences by the end of Week 11. A Project Forum in Week 6 will help you explore options and discuss with supervisors. Allocations will be confirmed by the end of term, based on preferences, motivation, and prerequisites.

Term 2, Term 3 and Summer: You will research and write your project, supported by regular meetings with your supervisor and entries in a student-supervisor logbook. A seminar series will develop your research and presentation skills. You will submit a 1-page project skeleton at the start of Term 3 and receive formative feedback from your supervisor and an independent marker. You will give a public oral presentation in June following the exam period, and submit your final dissertation by the due date (around September 1st) in accordance with the University’s submission requirements.

Reading list for this module: