Mathematics with Foundation Year

Mathematics is at the heart of many of civilisation's greatest achievements. Learn how to make an important contribution to the next generation of ideas with a BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Foundation Year degree at Salford.

Our Mathematics degree is designed to take you to an advanced level and highlight how mathematics continues to make an important contribution to the world around us, be it in science, technology or engineering. Blending applied methods with cutting-edge themes, like nanotechnology, economic stability and artificial intelligence, you’ll build in-demand skills ready to secure a career in industry and business.

Take your mathematical knowledge and skills further
The foundation year pathway provides essential subject knowledge and academic development. Along with a broad introduction to the key mathematics topics, this learning pathway helps you to build effective communication and study skills. On successful completion of the foundation year, you will progress on to year one of our BSc (Hons) Mathematics degree.

Across three further years of study - or four, if you choose to include and industry placement, you’ll be encouraged to identify, evaluate and solve problems that have important real-world applications. You’ll strengthen your knowledge of key principles such as linear algebra, calculus and probability, and build skills in mathematical modelling, statistics and research, all while learning how to apply your expertise to industry.

Supportive learning environment
Learning takes places in our Peel Park campus, minutes from bustling central Manchester. Our mathematics tutorials are delivered in small groups, where you will examine real-world case studies as you build your skillset and confidence. You will learn in a supportive environment and have access to a dedicated maths drop-in service which runs throughout each semester and is staffed by our experienced tutors.

Get closer to industry
Once you join the full BSc (Hons) degree, you will also have the option to include an industry placement year in between your second and third years to develop additional professional and transferable skills, adding ‘with Professional Experience’ to your final degree award.

IMA accreditation

This course (the full BSc) will meet the educational requirements of the Chartered Mathematician designation, awarded by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, when it is followed by subsequent training and experience in employment to obtain equivalent competences to those specified by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for taught masters degrees.

Features
• Gain the mathematics skills ready to progress on to our BSc (Hons) Mathematics degree
• Option to include a industry placement year in between years two and three
• Part-time study option available
• Develop your mathematical skills while learning how to apply them to real-world situations

This course is not open to international students.

Foundation Year:

• Foundation Mathematics A and B
• Foundation Physics A and B
• Introduction to Probability and Statistics
• Foundation IT and Study Skills

Year One:

• Probability
• Analysis
• Linear Algebra
• Mathematical Methods 1
• Mathematical Modelling
• Mechanics and Vector Calculus

Year Two:

• Business and Industrial Mathematics
• Mathematical Methods 2
• Numerical Analysis
• Statistics
• Dynamical Systems
• Applied Mathematics 1

Year Three:

• Mathematical Methods 3
• Project
• Mathematical Statistics
• Programming and Optimisation

Choose one option from the following:

• Operational Research
• Applied Mathematics 2

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Coursework

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