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BSc (Hons) Natural Sciences specialising in Mathematical Bioscience
BSc (Hons) Natural Sciences specialising in Mathematical Bioscience

BSc (Hons) Natural Sciences specialising in Mathematical Bioscience

  • ID:UY440171
  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

  • A levels, A*AA including Mathematics and either Biology or Further Mathematics

  • International Baccalaureate, 37 points, including grade 6 in Biology and Mathematics at Higher Level.

English Requirements

If English isn't your first language you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept the following qualifications:

  • IELTS (Academic and Indicator), 6.5, with a minimum of 6.0 in each component

  • C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency, 176, with a minimum of 169 in each component

  • Duolingo, 110 overall, with a minimum of 100 in each component

  • GCSE/IGCSE/O level English Language (as a first or second language), Grade C

  • LanguageCert International ESOL SELT, B2 Communicator High Pass with a minimum score of 33/50 in each component

  • PTE Academic, 61, with a minimum of 55 in each component

  • TOEFL, 87 overall, with a minimum of 21 in each component

  • Trinity ISE III, Merit in all components

 

Course Information

Mathematics is changing our approach to biological and environmental problems. Apply your passion for mathematics to the pressing ecological and environmental issues of our times.

You'll build highly sought after technical skills and use quantitative methods to understand the dynamics of the natural world, with a focus on ecology, conservation and the environment. You'll engage with global problems from natural resource management and shrinking biodiversity, to climate change, contamination risks and urban pollution and its impact on health and wellbeing.

You'll benefit from the established interdisciplinary connections between the Departments of Biology and Mathematics. Our teaching is informed by highly regarded international research, such as our £3.5m study to measure the pollution levels in our cities with high-tech tools, including miniaturised sensing devices, robotics and mobile phones.

All our Natural Sciences BSc degrees have the same course code for your UCAS application. To select the Natural Sciences specialising in Mathematical Bioscience pathway, enter the subject option code "MatBio". We will ask you to confirm your pathway if you are invited to interview.

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Year 1

Year 1 emphasises core material in biology and mathematics to prepare you for more advanced study.

Core modules

You will take core modules which may include:

  • Genetics

  • Microbiology

  • Mathematics for Sciences I

  • Animal and Plant Biology

  • Genetics and Evolution

  • Introduction to Applied Mathematics

  • Mathematics for Sciences II

Year 2

In your second year you will explore your specialised subjects in greater depth.

Core modules

You will take core modules which may include:

  • Ecology of Animals, Plants and Microbes

  • Genes and Genomes in Populations and Evolution

  • Big Data Biology

  • Biology Tutorials

  • Mathematical Skills II

  • Linear Algebra for Natural Sciences

  • Vector Calculus

Option modules

You will choose from a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:

  • Statistics Option

  • Applied Mathematics for Mathematics and Physics

  • Functions of a Complex Variable

Year 3

In your final year you will choose between the Statistics route and the Applied route to refine the focus of your specialisation.

Applied route

Core modules

You will take core modules which may include:

  • Natural Sciences Interdisciplinary Project

  • Dynamical Systems

  • Mathematical Ecology and Epidemiology

Option modules

You will choose from a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:

  • Numerical Analysis

  • Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics

  • Classical and Biological Fluid Dynamics

  • Advanced Topics in Evolution and Genetics in Ecology

  • Current Research in Ecology

  • Conserving Biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Statistics route

Core module

  • Natural Sciences Interdisciplinary Project

Option modules

You will choose from a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:

  • Bayesian Statistics

  • Statistical Pattern Recognition

  • Survival Analysis

  • Multivariate Analysis

  • Numerical Analysis

  • Practical Data Science with R

  • Dynamical Systems

  • Stochastic Processes

  • Mathematical Ecology and Epidemiology

  • Generalised Linear models

  • Time Series

  • Advanced Topics in Evolution and Genetics in Ecology

  • Current Research in Ecology

  • Conserving Biodiversity in the Anthropocene

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

  • Industrial researcher for a chemical engineering company

  • Management consultant

  • Civil servant in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

  • Project manager in the aerospace industry

  • Process technologist at an integrated circuit manufacturer

  • Financial quantitative analyst for an investment bank

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Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year

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