This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
The short dissertation represents the culmination of the student's academic work in the programme. It offers students the opportunity to carry out a piece of extended independent scholarship, and to show their ability to organise and present their ideas in a coherent and convincing fashion.
The topic of the dissertation will depend on the mutual interests of the student and the student's chosen supervisor.
Total contact hours: 8
Private study hours: 292
Total study hours: 300
Dissertation (80%), Presentation and questions (20%)
Texts depend on the individual dissertation topics.
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1. demonstrate awareness of the width, depth and wider relevance of an advanced mathematical topic of current interest,
2. carefully consider detailed, rigorous mathematical argument, whether within the context of an established mathematical theory or a substantive application of a mathematical theory,
3. express logical, coherent mathematical thought in an extended piece of work,
4. demonstrate high level technical writing and oral communication skills gained in the Mathematical Inquiry and Communication module, as well as consolidated skills in problem solving, logical argument, and geometric, algebraic and analytic thinking.
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