Changes to Programme Regulations and Programme Specifications for 2003/2004

 

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1.   Name of Department and Departmental contact

        Mathematical Sciences  – Professor P McIver

2.   Programme Title and Award

        BSc Mathematics Programme

 

3.   Please tick any of the following which apply.  At least one box should be ticked.

         The status of one or more modules will change from compulsory to optional

         The status of one or more modules will change from optional to compulsory

         The module choice available to students will be reduced

         The semester(s) in which modules are taught will change

         In one or more Parts of the programme, the proposal is to withdraw optional modules with a total weight

             of 30 or more

         Progression or degree qualification rules will change

         The addition of distance learning/ partial DL provision

         First submission of Programme Specification

         Changes only to Programme Specification

         Any other changes

      Do you consider these changes to be    Major     Minor

      The above changes should be outlined in Section 5 below

4.   Reasons for the proposal: its purpose and relevance; how it will maintain or enhance the quality of teaching and learning; implications for existing programmes and modules

      It has been apparent for a number of years that many “weaker” students struggle with the demands of a yearlong project and appear to gain little benefit. The proposal aims to overcome this by introducing a new module that focuses on the development of key skills within project work of a smaller scale. The standard project will be retained as an option (see below), particularly for the benefit of students considering studies for a higher degree.

 

 

6.   If the revised Regulations apply to existing students, state the implications for students currently on placement/ leave of absence and resit students.

      The revised regulations apply to all students.

 

7.   Staffing implications - adequacy of existing departmental resources; net increase/reduction in staff teaching effort or demands on support staff

      The net staff effort will be reduced as less individual project supervision will be needed.

 

8.   Financial implications - anticipated effect on departmental income and expenditure

       None

 

9.   Additional Library requirements                                                                   

Library consulted       Yes

                               N/A

 

10.   Additional Computing Support required                                       Computing Services Consulted      Yes 

            Network/Software (please elaborate):

          Lab space (please elaborate):                                                                                                          N/A

 

11.  Other resource implications, e.g. -; lecture room, lab and other space requirements; equipment, materials; timetabling constraints (block-teaching for example); any special residential requirements

        None.

 

12.  Implications for other departments, both providing and receiving

        No other department is affected.

 

13.  Any other relevant information

 

 

 

Attached are:

 

Draft Programme Regulations for 2003/04 (with any Distance Learning
modules identified)                                                                                                   r

Programme Regulations for 2002/03 annotated with proposed changes                                                                                 r

Draft Programme Specification for 2003/04                                                                                                                             r

Programme Specification for 2002/03, annotated with proposed changes                                                                              r

Consultation Forms, as appropriate                                                                                                                                          r

 

Approval Route

 

 

Head of Department/Chair of Department’s Learning and Teaching Committee

Signature                                                                                                      

Date                                                   

 

Associate Dean (Teaching) Decisions (tick as appropriate)

 

     AD(T) approves

 

     Proposal raises strategic issues

 

     Proposal requires referral to Chair of CSC


AD(T) comments:

Associate Dean (Teaching) Signature                                                  

 

Date sent to Jennie Elliott                                                                        

(please attach all papers) 

 

 

Chair of CSC Signature                                                                            

 

Date                                                                  

 

 

Actioned by Jennie Elliott and notified back to Department on    

 

Date                                                                  

 

 

[March 2003]

 

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

 

REGULATIONS FOR THE HONOURS DEGREE PROGRAMMES IN

MATHEMATICS

 

(for students entering in October 2002 and thereafter)

 

These Programme Regulations should be read in conjunction with the General Regulations for Undergraduate Awards (GRUA) and the relevant Module Specifications.  Notice of change will be given by the 

Department responsible for the programme.

 

1.         Structure

 

1.1       Administrative responsibility for the programmes rests with the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

 

1.2       The programmes lead to the Degree of B.Sc. or M.Math.

 

1.3       The duration of the BSc programme is a) 6 semesters full-time b) 8 semesters full-time or c) an 8 semester sandwich programme.  Students on the 8 semester full-time and sandwich programmes are required to spend the year following Part B either (a) on an approved course of study at a European University or (b) undertaking professional training respectively leading to the award of the Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS) in accordance with Senate Regulation XI.

 

The duration of the MMath programme is a) 8 semesters full-time or b) a 10 semester sandwich programme.  Students on the 10 semester sandwich programme are required to spend the year following either Part B or Part C undertaking professional training leading to the award of the Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS) in accordance with Senate Regulation XI.

 

 

2.         Content

 

2.1       Part A - Introductory Modules

 

2.1.1   Semesters 1 & 2

 

                        COMPULSORY MODULES            (total modular weight 40)

 

Code        Title                                                                         Modular Weight

MAA340   Calculus                                                                              20

MAA342   Linear Algebra                                                                   20

 

2.1.2   Semester 1

 

                        COMPULSORY MODULES            (total modular weight 40)

 

Code        Title                                                                         Modular Weight

MAA141   Geometry, Vectors & Complex Numbers                       10

MAA145   Mathematical Thinking                                                      10

MAA155   Introduction to Applied Mathematics                               10

MAA160   Computer Applications in Mathematics                          10

 

2.1.3   Semester 2

 

            (i)         COMPULSORY MODULES            (total modular weight 30)

 

Code  Title                                                                               Modular Weight

MAA241   Sequences & Series                                                         10

MAA255   Differential Equations                                                        10

MAA270   Introductory Statistics                                                        10

           

(ii)        OPTIONAL MODULES                    (total modular weight 10)

 

Code  Title                                                                               Modular Weight

MAA245   Numbers                                                                             10

                  Another module chosen from the University’s

                  Undergraduate Module Catalogue                                  10

 

2.2       Part B - Degree Modules

 

            2.2.1   Semester 1

 

            (i)         COMPULSORY MODULES            (total modular weight 30)

 

Code  Title                                                                               Modular Weight

MAB100   Mathematical Skills & Techniques                                   10

MAB141   Analysis                                                                              10

MAB150   Vector Calculus                                                                  10

 

            (ii)        OPTIONAL MODULES                    (total modular weight 30)

 

Code  Title                                                                               Modular Weight

MAB142   Vector Spaces                                                                   10

MAB155   Particle Dynamics                                                             10

MAB160   Numerical Methods 1                                                        10

MAB170   Probability Theory                                                              10

                  Another module chosen from the University’s

                  Undergraduate Module Catalogue                                  10

 

MAB142 is compulsory for MMath candidates.

 

2.2.2   Semester 2

 

            (i)         COMPULSORY MODULES            (total modular weight 20)

 

Code  Title                                                                               Modular Weight

MAB240   Fourier Analysis & Partial Differential Equations           10

MAB241   Complex Analysis                                                              10

 

            (ii)        OPTIONAL MODULES                    (total modular weight 40)

 

Code  Title                                                                               Modular Weight

MAB242   Abstract Algebra                                                                10

MAB250   ODEs & Calculus of Variations                                        10

MAB260   Numerical Methods 2                                                        10

MAB265   Scientific Programming                                                    10

MAB270   Statistical Modelling                                                          10    

                  Another module chosen from the University’s

                  Undergraduate Module Catalogue                                  10

 

MAB242 & MAB250 are compulsory for MMath candidates.

           

2.3       Part I

 

            BSc candidates on the four year full-time programme must undertake an approved course of study at a European University.  BSc. candidates on the four year sandwich programme must undertake professional training.

 

            MMath candidates on the five year sandwich programme must undertake professional training. The training may take place either between Part B and Part C or between Part C and Part D.

 

 

2.4       Part C - Degree Modules

 

In Part C, BSc students must either

i.        take the module MAC303 Communicating Mathematics,

or

ii.      take the module MAC300 BSc Mathematics Project. The BSc Mathematics Project will normally be available only to those students who have attained an average mark of at least 60% in semester 1 of Part B.

 

            2.4.1   Semesters 1 & 2

 

                        COMPULSORY MODULE

(BSc programmes only, total modular weight 20)

 

Code  Title                                                                               Modular Weight

MAC300  BSc Mathematics Project                                                 20

or

MAC303  Communicating Mathematics                                          20

 

 

            2.4.2   Semester 1

 

OPTIONAL MODULES  (BSc programmes, total modular weight 50,                                                       MMath programme, total modular weight 60)

 

Code  Title                                                                               Modular Weight

MAC145  Linear Differential Equations                                            10

MAC146  Metric Spaces                                                                    10

MAC147  Number Theory                                                                  10

MAC150  Inviscid Fluid Mechanics                                                   10

MAC161  Finite Difference Methods                                                10

MAC174  Industrial Applications of Statistics                                  10

MAC175  Operational Research                                                       10

MAC195  Analytical Dynamics                                                          10

MAC197  Introduction to Differential Geometry                               10

PHC130   Fundamentals of Quantum Information

                  OR

                  Another module chosen from the University’s

                  Undergraduate Module Catalogue                                  10

 

MAC145 & MAC146 are compulsory for MMath candidates.

 

           
2.4.3   Semester 2

 

                        OPTIONAL MODULES (BSc programmes, total modular weight 50,

                                                               MMath programme, total modular weight 60)

 

Code  Title                                                                               Modular Weight

MAC251  Vibrations and Waves                                                       10

MAC272  Time Series Analysis                                                        10

MAC275  State Space & Optimal Control                                       10

MAC277  Optimisation                                                                       10

MAC295  Order and Chaos                                                               10

MAC296  Special Relativity                                                               10

MAC297  Mathematical Biology                                                        10

PHB230   Science of the Internet

                  OR

PHC230   Quantum Information and Computing

                  OR

                  Another module chosen from the University’s

                  Undergraduate Module Catalogue                                  10

 

 

2.5       Part D - Degree Modules

 

            2.5.1   Semester 1 and 2

 

             (i)        COMPULSORY MODULE              (total modular weight 30)

 

Code        Title                                                                         Modular Weight

MAD300  MMath Mathematics Project                                             30

 

2.5.2   Semester 1

 

             (i)        COMPULSORY MODULES            (total modular weight 30)

 

Code        Title                                                                         Modular Weight

                        MAP111   Mathematical Modelling                                                   15    

                        MAD102   Regular and Chaotic Dynamics                                       15    

 

            (ii)        OPTIONAL MODULES                    (total modular weight 15)

 

Code        Title                                                                         Modular Weight

MAP103   Fluid Mechanics                                                                 15

MAP104   Stochastic Analysis                                                           15

MAP105   Topics in Mathematical Biology                                       15

TTP401    Basic Fault Tree and Event Tree Concepts                                15

 

2.5.3   Semester 2

 

             (i)        COMPULSORY MODULES            (total modular weight 30)

 

Code        Title                                                                         Modular Weight

MAP211   Modelling, Problem Solving and Student Seminars      15

MAD201  Advanced Complex Analysis                                           15

(ii)        OPTIONAL MODULES                    (total modular weight 15)

 

Code        Title                                                                         Modular Weight

MAP201   Elements of Partial Differential Equations                      15

MAP203   Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics                                         15

MAP204   Mathematics of Finance                                                   15

MAP205   Physiological Modelling and Neurodynamics                 15

MAP206   Statistical Techniques for Industry                                   15

 

2.6       Total Modular Weighting per Semester

 

Students normally study modules with a total weight of 60 in each semester.   In this context, the modular weights of the project MAC300 and of the module MAC303 are assumed to be split 10:10 over the two semesters, and in Part D MAD300 is assumed to be split 15:15 over the two semesters.  However, in Part C, students may be allowed to study modules up to a total weight of 70 in a semester, 120 in the Part, subject to the consent of the Head of Department.

 

3.         Assessment

 

3.1       Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

 

Candidates must achieve the minimum credit requirements set out in GRUA in order to progress through the programme and qualify for the award of the degree.

 

In order to progress from Part A to Part B, all candidates must, in addition, achieve at least 40% in core Mathematics modules, MAA340 and MAA342 and at least 30% in all other modules.

 

In order to progress from Part B to Part C, MMath candidates must, in addition, achieve at least 30% in all modules. 

 

In order to progress from Part C to Part D, MMath candidates must, in addition, achieve at least 30% in all modules.

 

3.2       Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programmes for the Purpose of the Final Degree Classification

 

Candidates’ final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level module assessments in Parts B and C (plus D for MMath candidates), in accordance with the scheme set out in GRUA.  The average percentage marks for each Part will be combined in the ratio

                       

BSc candidates        Part B : Part C                       = 1 : 3

            MMath candidates    Part B : Part C : Part D         = 1 : 3 : 4

           

to determine the overall percentage mark for the Programme (the Programme Mark).

 

3.3       Re-assessment

 

Provision will be made in accordance with GRUA for BSc candidates who have the right of re-assessment in Parts A and B of the programme and MMath candidates who have the right of re-assessment in Parts A, B and C of the programme to undergo re-assessment in the University’s special assessment period.

 

3.4       Criteria for candidates who do not receive permission to Progress or gain the award of Degree.

 

Any candidate who fails to achieve the criteria for progression from Part A to Part B shall have the opportunity to repeat Module Assessments in accordance with the provisions of GRUA in order to qualify to progress to Part B.

 

Any candidate who fails to achieve the criteria for progression from Part B to Part C shall have the opportunity to repeat Module Assessments in accordance with the provisions of GRUA in order to qualify to progress to Part C.  Alternatively, an MMath candidate may elect to enter Part C of the BSc degree programme in Mathematics provided that the candidate has achieved the criteria for progression required for that programme.  Failure at re-assessment will not prejudice this permission to enter the BSc degree programme subsequently.

 

Any candidate who fails to achieve the criteria for progression from Part C to Part D shall have the opportunity to repeat Module Assessments in accordance with the provisions of GRUA in order to qualify to progress to Part D.   The Programme Board may at its discretion award the degree of BSc in Mathematics to any candidate who has satisfied the requirements for that degree.  Failure at re-assessment will not prejudice the candidate’s eligibility for such an award.

 

Any candidate who, having successfully completed Part C, is unable to commence or complete Part D or fails to achieve the criteria necessary for the award of the degree of MMath in Mathematics may at the discretion of the Programme Board be awarded the degree of BSc in Mathematics with a classification corresponding to the candidate’s achievements in Part B and C assessments and determined on the basis of the weighting given for the BSc programme.

 

9th Semesterised Edition

 September 2003