Schedule of Units
Honour School of Mathematics (Part C)
Students staying on to take Part C will take a minimum of eight units and a maximum of ten units. These 8-10 units must include a CCD Dissertation on a Mathematical Topic (which will count as a double Maths Department Unit) or a COD Dissertation on the History of Mathematics (which will count as a double unit from the "Other Units" list). One unit is the equivalent of a 16 hour lecture course. The equivalent of four units must be taken from the schedule of "Mathematics Department units" (which include the CCD dissertation). Up to four units may be taken from the schedule of "Other Units" with not more than two from each category (Statistics options, Computer Science options, Other options).
MSc in Mathematical Sciences
Students on the MSc course are expected to offer a minimum of eight units, including the compulsory two-unit dissertation, with the students able to take an additional one or two units if they wished to do so. One unit is the equivalent of a 16 hour lecture course. Students are permitted to take courses from the "Mathematics Department Units" and "Statistics Department Units", as well as up to two courses from the "Computer Science Options". At least three of the units offered must be assessed by written examination.
Units
The confirmed synopses for Part C Mathematics are available on the course materials page. Please see the current edition of the Examination Regulations for the full regulations governing these examinations. The Examination Conventions for the course can be found on the Notices page.
In the unlikely event that any course receives a very low registration, we may offer this course as a reading course (this would include some lectures but fewer classes).
Mathematical Institute Units
A full list of units taught within the Mathematical Institute is available from the course material pages.
Most Mathematics Department lecture courses are independently available as single units, the exception being C7.1 Theoretical Physics which is available as a double-unit only.
All the units described are "M-Level".
Department of Statistics Units
The following units are available from the Department of Statistics:
SC1 Stochastic Models in Mathematical Genetics (MT)
SC2 Probability and Statistics for Network Analysis (MT)
SC4 Advanced Topics in Statistical Machine Learning (HT)
SC5 Advanced Simulation Methods (HT)
SC6 Graphical Models (MT)
SC7 Bayes Methods (HT)
SC8 Topics in Computational Biology (HT)
SC9 Probability on Graphs and Lattices (MT)
For full details of these units see the syllabus and synopses for Part C of the Honour School Mathematics and Statistics.
Department of Computer Science Options
Students are able to request permission to take any of the Computer Science units listed under Schedule C1.
For full details of these units see the Department of Computer Science's website.
If you are interested in any of the courses under Schedule C1 please complete the applicable online form (available on the individual course pages on the Department of Computer Science webpage).
Please note that these courses will be examined by mini-project (as for MSc students). Mini-projects will be handed out to candidates on the last Monday or Friday of the term in which the subject is being taught, and you will have to submit your solutions by noon on Monday of Week 0 of the following term. The mini-project will be designed to be completed in about four to five days. It will include some questions that are more open-ended than those on a standard sit-down exam. The work you submit should be your own work and include suitable references.
Please note that the Computer Science courses in Part C are 50% bigger than those in earlier years, i.e. for each Computer Science course in the 3rd year undergraduates are expected to undertake about 10 hours of study per week, but 4th year courses will each require about 15 hours a week of study. Lecturers are providing this extra work in a variety of ways, e.g. some will give 16 lectures with extra reading, classes and/or practicals, whereas others will be giving 24 lectures, and others still will be doing something in between. Students will need to look at each synopsis for details on this.
Registration for Part C courses 2023-24
Students will be asked to sign up for classes at the start of Michaelmas Term 2023. Every effort will be made when timetabling lectures to ensure that mathematics lectures do not clash. However, because of the large number of options in Part C, this may sometimes be unavoidable. The timing of lectures for a course taught by another faculty will usually be set by that faculty and the Mathematical Institute has little control over the arrangements. In the event of clashes being necessary, then students will be notified of the clashes by email and in any case, options will only be allowed to clash when the take-up of both options is unlikely or inadvisable.