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Study Details: 1 Year Full-time
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.
The programme closely follows the structure of our Applied Mathematical Sciences MSc. Two of the mandatory courses will specifically focus on the issues related to climate change and are taught by expert staff from the University's School of Life Sciences.
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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CORE COURSES
Mathematical Ecology
Modelling and Tools
Data Assimilation with Applications to Climate Change
Modelling and Simulation in the Life Sciences
OPTIONAL COURSES
Climate Change; Causes and Impact
Statistical Methods
Optimisation
Stochastic Simulation
Statistical Machine Learning
Mathematical Biology and Medicine
Partial Differential Equations
Numerical Analysis (PDEs)
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.
The final part of the MSc is an extended project in mathematical modelling the impacts of climate change on environmental systems, giving the opportunity to investigate a topic in some depth guided by leading research academics.
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