Suspended in 2025/26
MA408      Half Unit
Topics in Discrete Mathematics

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Prof Julia Boettcher

Availability

This course is available on the MSc in Mathematics and Computation. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Requisites

Additional requisites:

Students should have experience with proofs and proof techniques used in pure mathematics.

Course content

This course covers modern topics in Discrete Mathematics (connected, for example, to Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Discrete Probability, Information and Communication Theory, or Cryptography). The topics selected can differ year to year. A syllabus of the course content will be available to students at the beginning of the academic year.

Teaching

1 hours of lectures in the Spring Term.
10 hours of seminars and 20 hours of lectures in the Autumn Term.

Formative assessment

There will be regular homework assignments.

Indicative reading

A reading list will be provided in a syllabus that will be available to students at the beginning of the academic year.

Assessment

Exam (100%), duration: 120 Minutes in the Spring exam period


Key facts

Department: Mathematics

Course Study Period: Autumn and Spring Term

Unit value: Half unit

FHEQ Level: Level 7

CEFR Level: Null

Total students 2024/25: 2

Average class size 2024/25: 2

Controlled access 2024/25: No
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  • Self-management
  • Problem solving
  • Application of information skills
  • Communication
  • Application of numeracy skills
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