Open University in Ireland

Suggested routes to the degree

You can take a number of different routes towards your qualification. The routes illustrated below are routes many students are using, or have already successfully followed.

Please bear in mind that other routes are available – see the full module list for all options.

Suggested Route 1:
You can take a number of different routes towards your qualification. The route illustrated below is a route many students are using, or have already successfully followed. Please bear in mind that other routes are available - see the full module list for all options.

•Calculus of variations and advanced calculus (M820) - 30 credits
•Nonlinear ordinary differential equations (M821) - 30 credits

You can now claim the Certificate.
•Applied complex variables (M828) - 30 credits
•Approximation theory (M832) - 30 credits

You can now claim the Diploma.

If this route doesn't appeal to you, see the full module list for this qualification.

Suggested route 2
You can take a number of different routes towards your qualification. The route illustrated below is a route many students are using, or have already successfully followed. Please bear in mind that other routes are available - see the full module list for all options.

•Analytic number theory I (M823) - 30 credits
•Analytic number theory II (M829) - 30 credits

You can now claim the Certificate.
•Fractal geometry (M835) - 30 credits
•Coding theory (M836) - 30 credits

You can now claim the Diploma.

If this route doesn't appeal to you, see the full module list for this qualification.

Modules
The modules in this qualification are categorised as entry and intermediate. Some modules are not available for study every year, as indicated below:

Entry:
Calculus of variations and advanced calculus (M820)
Analytic number theory I (M823)

Intermediate:
Nonlinear ordinary differential equations (M821)
Applied complex variables (M828) - next available in October 2017 and following alternate years
Analytic number theory II (M829) - next available in October 2018 and following alternate years
Approximation theory (M832) - next available in October 2018 and following alternate years
Advanced mathematical methods (M833) - next available in October 2017 and following alternate years
Fractal geometry (M835) - next available in October 2017 and following alternate years
Coding theory (M836) - next available in October 2018 and following alternate years

Module study order:
•You must normally pass at least one entry level module before studying an intermediate module.
•You must pass Analytic number theory I (M823) before studying Analytic number theory II (M829).

Otherwise within each category modules may be studied in any order, and you may register for a module while studying a pre-requisite for that module (i.e. before you know whether you have passed the pre-requisite module or not).

Further information about how the modules relate to each other is given in the individual module descriptions.

To gain this qualification, you need 120 credits as follows:

120 credits from this list:

Optional modules

Credits Next start

Advanced mathematical methods (M833) 30 07 Oct 2017
Analytic number theory I (M823) 30 07 Oct 2017
Analytic number theory II (M829) 30 No current presentation
Applied complex variables (M828) 30 07 Oct 2017
Approximation theory (M832) 30 No current presentation
Calculus of variations and advanced calculus (M820) 30 07 Oct 2017
Coding theory (M836) 30 No current presentation
Fractal geometry (M835) 30 07 Oct 2017
Nonlinear ordinary differential equations (M821) 30 07 Oct 2017

Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued modules M431, M822, M824, M826, M827, M830, M841, M860, M861, MZX861

You should note that the University’s unique study rule applies to this qualification. This means that you must include at least 40 credits from OU modules that have not been counted in any other OU qualification that has previously been awarded to you.