The aim of our BSc Mathematics and Liberal Arts is to cater for our mathematics students with a strong secondary interest in liberal arts. It is a unique course, designed to offer you the opportunity to continue with a broad range of subjects at degree level. You choose from a range of humanities subjects that will then be taken through to your final year (the same discipline in your second and third years). Combining these two disciplines will equip you with the skills to think and write clearly, and to evaluate ideas logically and critically in a range of areas. Employers will be impressed by your rare combination of both numerical and analytical skills at degree level.

As a new course, we expect graduates of BSc Mathematics and Humanities to go into a wide variety of employment sectors. Employers specifically value the key skills that students develop on our courses, such as problem solving, critical thinking, logical reasoning, IT and of course numeracy. Through tackling mathematical problems, you learn to communicate effectively, orally and in writing. Presentation and group-working skills are integrated in the specialist modules that are available. We also offer modules where you can use computing packages such as Matlab, Maple and R, and learn how to manipulate statistical data. In your final year, you can choose to undertake a project where you develop your research and time management skills. Mathematics graduates are currently in great demand across a wide range of careers. Clear thinkers are required in every profession, so the successful mathematician has an extensive choice of potential vocations. Graduates of our Department work as accountants or actuaries in the financial sector. The Council for Mathematical Sciences provides a comprehensive guide to careers. You may also decide to enhance your career prospects, and further your education, by studying for MSc or PhD, and these are offered by our Department.