Mathematics

Course summary

Not only does Mathematics underlie every process and pattern that occurs in the world around us, but having a good understanding of it helps enormously in everyday life. Mathematics is one of the most general and fundamental subjects you can study at AS and A2 level as it will give you an excellent grounding for any subject and is itself a prerequisite for many studies. As a degree subject in its own right it offers excellent employment prospects, not just in the traditional areas of banking, finance, IT, computing or accountancy. You will learn to think logically, to ask questions, and to carry out rigorous investigations to answer them. As well as learning problem-solving and data-handling skills, maths is the language of most of the lab sciences and many of the quantitative parts of social sciences. You will need maths to study a wide range of subjects from engineering to economics, medicine to archaeology.