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MSc PG Dip Applied Mathematical Sciences with Climate Change Impacts Modelling

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    MSc: one year full-time, PgDip: 9 months full-time. Also available 2 – 3 years part-time

Course Description

Climate change is recognised as having potentially huge impacts on the environment and on human society. This programme is designed to give students an understanding of climate change causes, impacts, mitigation and adaptation measures from a life science perspective. Students will also develop a wide variety of mathematical modelling skills that can be used to investigate the impacts of climate change.

Entry Requirements

Entry is aimed at graduates with strong mathematical knowledge and skills. A good honours degree in mathematics, statistics or a related subject with a substantial mathematical content is desired. Motivation and a willingness to work hard are also important pre-requisites.

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Fees

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Module Details

Core courses:

  • Modelling and Tools;
  • Mathematical Ecology;
  • Climate Change: Causes and Impacts;
  • Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation Measures;
  • Dynamical Systems (recommended);
  • Stochastic Simulation (recommended)

Optional Courses:

  • Optimization;
  • Mathematical Biology and Medicine;
  • Numerical Analysis of ODEs;
  • Applied Mathematics;
  • Statistical Methods;
  • Applied Linear Algebra;
  • Partial Differential Equations;
  • Numerical Analysis;
  • Geometry;
  • Bayesian Inference.

Typical project subjects:

  • Population Cycles of Forest Insects;
  • Climate Change Impact;
  • The replacement of Red Squirrels by Grey Squirrels in the UK;
  • Vegetation Patterns in Semi-arid Environments;
  • Daisyworld: A Simple Land Surface Climate Model.

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