While consolidating concepts and skills you have acquired in school, you will also develop a deeper, more extensive and sophisticated view of the topics involved.

Year 1
You will review Leaving Certificate mathematics, with an emphasis on understanding, and build on this. The topics covered in this year are calculus, analysis, linear algebra and abstract algebra.

Year 2
You will study the theoretical underpinning of integration and differentiation in one and more variables, solve differential equations, and solve real-life problems using graphs and other discrete mathematics techniques. You will experiment with using computer software in problem solving.

Year 3 
These topics will be developed further and you will also study other topics in analysis, algebra and geometry.

See the College Calendar for additional information on the Programme and the Book of Modules for further information on modules.

Refer to CK101 but applicants also require a H3 in H level Mathematics .

Refer to CK101. Students choose Arts subjects when registering for Year 1.

Most modules consist of 2-3 lectures per week, together with exercise sheets that you work through with support from a tutor in a weekly tutorial.

In Year 1 you will have on average five hours of lectures per week, and three tutorials.

In Years 2 and 3 you will spend either one half or one third of your time doing mathematics, taking either four or six modules in each year. Each module has two hours of lectures and a one-hour tutorial each week over the course of a 12-week semester.

Written exams will take place before Christmas and in May.  Not all modules will have written examinations.  Many modules use other types of assessment including in-class tests, take-home problems etc.

Lecturers take care to give you as much feedback on your progress as possible.

Staff from the School of Mathematical Sciences