BSc Applied Mathematics with Information Computing Science
This programme is founded in the mathematics of information technology and computer science. It cultivates students’ mathematics foundation and academic ability, allowing them to acquire professional expertise in fields such as computation analysis, software design and information security.
It also cultivates students’ ability to master application oriented theory, and methods and techniques of information and computer science. Through studying this discipline, students receive training in scientific research methods and the ability to solve practical problems of information technology and science and engineering computation.
Students graduating from this programme receive degrees in BSc Applied Mathematics with Information Computing Science from the University of Birmingham and Information and Computing Science from Jinan University.
Year 1
Year 1
All modules are core.
Birmingham taught modules
- Algebra & Combinatorics - 20 credits
- Introduction to Data Analysis - 10 credits
- Probability & Statistics - 10 credits
- Real Analysis - 20 credits
- Sequences and Series - 10 credits
- Vectors, Geometry & Linear Algebra - 20 credits
Jinan taught modules
- C Programming - 10 credits
- English for Academic Purposes: Listening and Speaking - 10 credits
- English for Academic Purposes: Academic Writing - 5 credits
- English for Academic Purposes: Academic Reading - 5 credits
- Analytical geometry
- Modern History of China Ideological and Moral Cultivation and Legal Basis
- An introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics I
- Physical Education I and II
Year 2
Year 2
All modules are core.
Birmingham taught modules
- Financial Mathematics - 20 credits
- Linear Algebra and Linear Programming - 20 credits
- Multivariable & Vector Analysis - 20 credits
- Statistics - 20 credits
Jinan taught modules
- Further English for Academic Purposes - 10 credits
- Numerical Algebra- 10 credits
- Mathematical Modelling - 10 credits
- Matlab Programming - 10 credits
- An introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics II
- Introduction to Marxism
Year 3
Year 3
All modules are core.
Birmingham taught modules
- Applied Statistics - 20 credits
- Game Theory and Multicriteria Decision Making - 20 credits
- Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimisation - 20 credits
- Statistical Methods in Economics - 20 credits
Jinan taught modules
- Design and Analysis of Algorithms- 10 credits
- Information Theory and Coding - 10 credits
Year 4
Year 4
Jinan taught core modules
- Undergraduate Internship
- Undergraduate Thesis - 20 credits
- Numerical Solutions to Differential Equations
- Situation and Policy
- Innovation and Humanities
Jinan taught optional modules
Select two out of four:
- Computational Intelligence
- Concrete Mathematics
- Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis
- Data Analysis