Minimum entry requirements/prior learning
August intake: grade A or 9-7 at IGCSE or SPM Mathematics or an equivalent qualification. January intake: grade A or 9 -7 at IGCSE or SPM Mathematics and Additional Mathematics or an equivalent qualification is an advantage.
Further studies and careers
Any STEM related, medical and economics course will require A Level Maths.
Reading list
For a list of texts that relate to the course and its material you can select any of the books listed on the Pearson website here. Students will be loaned a course text as part of the fee structure. Cambridge University provides a fantastic reading list that supports all study from A levels to undergraduate (this can be accessed here). A few we would recommend are given below: - How to study for a maths degree Lara Alcock (OUP, 2013) History of Mathematics - Makers of Mathematics S. Hollingdale (Penguin, 1989) - A Russian Childhood S. Kovalevskaya (trans. B. Stillman) (Springer, 1978, now out of print) - Alan Turing, the Enigma A. Hodges (Vintage, 1992) - The Man Who Knew Infinity R. Kanigel (Abacus, 1992) - Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman R.P. Feynman (Arrow Books, 1992) (Also very good for Physics) - Simon Singh Fermat’s Last Theorem (Fourth Estate) Recreational reading - The Colossal Book of Mathematics M. Gardner (Norton 2004) - How to Think like a Mathematician Kevin Houston (CUP, 2009) - Solving Mathematical Problems Terence Tao (OUP, 2006) Develop knowledge of Mathematical theory - Choas, Making a New Science - James Gleick
- Alex’s Adventures in Numberland: Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Numbers - Alex Belllos - It Must be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science – edited by Graham Farmelo - The Problems of Mathematics, Nature’s Numbers, From Here to Infinity, - Game, Set and Math and The Magical Maze – Ian Stewart - What is Mathematics? – Courant and Robbins - Mathematics: The Golden Age – Devlin - A Mathematician’s Apology – Hardy Journals - What is Mathematics by Carmen M Latterell - An Exploration of the Mathematics Self-Efficacy/Mathematics Performance Correspondence by Gail Hackett, Nancy E. Betz - Exploring Differential Effects of Mathematics Courses on Mathematics Achievement by Xin Ma, Laureen J. McIntyre - Mathematics Coursework Regulates Growth in Mathematics Achievement by Xin Ma, Jesse L. M. Wilkins
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