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MORSE Mathematics Operational Research Statistics Economics BSc Hons • MMORSE • SCHOOL Mathematics MORSE (BSc Hons • MMORSE ) Honours Degrees in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics • UNIVERSITY MORSE An integrated Single Honours Degree, designed to provide a sound basis leading to What is MORSE? a wide variety of careers. MORSE is a single honours degree The theory of pure mathematics is taught • CAREER in mathematics and its practical with relevance to applications in operational application to Business, Finance, research, statistics, finance, econometrics Economics, and other topics and it and mathematical economics. › Professions is available only at the University of No previous knowledge of these areas is • Actuary Warwick. Instead of pursuing the necessary. • Accountancy more traditional areas of Applied • Finance Mathematics, MORSE relates Available as a three year BSc (UCAS CODE: Pure Mathematics to the modern GLN0) or as a four year integrated Master’s › Statistician application areas described opposite. (UCAS CODE: GOL0) in which students specialise in their final two years in one • Industry MORSE contains a balance of of four possible streams: Actuarial and Financial Mathematics; Operational • Civil Service mathematical theory and practical Research and Statistics; Econometrics and work in order to produce high quality › Operational Mathematical Economics; or Statistics with graduates who are mathematically Mathematics. Control equipped to deal with the practical • Management problems of the modern world. Application should be made to only one Consultancy of these courses. If in doubt, apply for the four year integrated Master’s because it is • Modelling possible to transfer to the three year BSc at the end of the second year. › Economics A Mathematics degree • Modelling for those interested in If you would like a detailed course guide pursuing a course which for MORSE, please write to the • Planning Course Selector, • Analysis combines theory with Department of Statistics, modern applications. The University of Warwick, › Academic Coventry, CV4 7AL or • Teaching email: [email protected] • Postgraduate 3 Research MORSE www.warwick.ac.uk/go/statistics . First year At the end of the second year of integrated The MORSE course is extremely flexible, and In their first year, students acquire a training Master’s, successful students will either there are opportunities for incorporating The Composition of MORSE in the Pure Mathematics necessary for the progress to the third and final year of the statistical projects, further mathematical, remainder of the MORSE course, including BSc programme or remain on the integrated science and computing options, and even What is MORSE about? analysis, sets, groups and linear algebra. Master’s and specialise in one of the following music and language courses. Many students in Pure Mathematics Work also begins on Operational Research, four areas in their final two years: fact opt to take more than the normal load of Probability, computing and the mathematical courses (and receive extra credit for doing so). Including: linear algebra, analysis, metric 1 spaces and functions of several variables. formulation of economic problems. Actuarial and Financial Mathematics: Optional courses include introductions to Objective: this stream intends to provide practical statistics, game theory, computer students with a sound theoretical and practical Operational Research basis for careers and research in financial The application of mathematics to programming and various mathematical topics. Is MORSE suitable for You? Approximate division of time for a normal load mathematics and to prepare students for solve problems associated with decision MORSE is designed for good of ten 30-lecture modules: Maths 40%, OR 10%, an actuarial career by covering a number of making, e.g. resource allocation, mathematicians who are interested Statistics 15%, Economics 20%, Computing and Actuarial Examinations. forecasting, optimisation, marketing, in pursuing sophisticated theory with optional modules 15%. system control and simulation. Possible courses include: Probability Theory, relevance to modern applications Many courses deal with applications and Applied Statistical Modelling, Principles of in operational research, finance, Statistics contain practical coursework as well as Finance, Financial Instruments, Stock Market statistics and mathematical economics. Mathematical theory of probability developing the theoretical side of the subject. Theory, Financial Analysis, Martingales, Admission to MORSE requires a top and of the analysis of data; the study of For example, in the first year there is an optional Investment Management, Stochastic Models in grade in an A-level or comparable uncertainty. Forecasting, risk analysis, statistics course with sessions providing Finance. Mathematics course (e.g. Mathematics, stochastic modelling in finance and students with a feel for the collection and Pure Mathematics, Mathematics with 2 other areas, actuarial mathematics, and analysis of real data. There are similar activities Operational Research and Statistics: Statistics) with experience of Further decision theory. in Operational Research and Mathematical Objective: to prepare students for employment Mathematics being an advantage. No Economics. as management scientists, for research in OR previous knowledge of Operational and for progression to general managerial Mathematical Economics Research, Statistics, Economics or positions. The development of mathematical models . Second Year Computing is expected or required, for the economy; macro- and micro- In the second year, there is rather more Possible courses include: Bayesian Statistics but applicants must have an interest in economic theory. Econometric modelling, emphasis on the application areas, with and Decision Theory, Strategic Information applying their theory to real problems. competition, and public finance. further courses on Probability and Statistics. Management, Mathematical Programming III, MORSE is one of a comprehensive range The development of Operation Research and Process of OR. of mathematically-oriented single The first two years of the BSc and Mathematical Economics continues, supported honours degrees at the University of integrated Master’s degrees are identical. by further analysis. Approximate division of 3 Econometrics and Mathematical Warwick, including: Students on integrated Master’s can time: Maths 20%, OR 10%, Statistics 20%, transfer to the BSc at the end of the Economics: Economics 10%, Options from a wide range of Objective: to prepare students for careers in . MORSE second year. Only those students on subjects 40%. econometrics, economic consultancy, and . Mathematics & Statistics integrated Master’s who perform research in quantitative economics. sufficiently well will be allowed to proceed Students may choose to spend an “intercalated” . Mathematics (Pure) to the final two years of the integrated year in an approved industry or business Possible courses include: Mathematical . Mathematics and Physics Master’s degree; otherwise they will be between their last two years at Warwick and Economics II, Econometric Theory, Public . Computer Science required to transfer to the BSc at the end graduate with an BSc or integrated Master’s Finance, Game Theory, Applied General of the second year. degree in MORSE (with Intercalated Year). Equilibrium. The MORSE degree concentrates on those modern and developing areas . Third and Fourth Years 4 Statistics with Mathematics: of mathematics needed in industry, In the third and final year of the BSc all courses Objective: to prepare students for employment management, government, finance and are optional; students’ choices are dictated by as statisticians and for research in statistics. so on. their tastes and by their career plans. There are Possible courses include: Measure Theory, opportunities for specialising in any of the main Probability Theory, Multivariate Statistics, MORSE subject areas, or students may select a Medical Statistics, Martingales, Stochastic balanced variety of courses. It is also possible to Models in Finance, Advanced Topics in take several courses outside the strict MORSE Statistics. area. MORSE 5 www.warwick.ac.uk/go/statistics Career Opportunities Mathematics at Warwick MORSE graduates can choose from a wide Since its formation as one of the new variety of careers, for example: universities in 1965, Warwick has developed into one of the strongest universities for The Professions mathematical sciences in the country. Actuaries, Cost Accountants, Chartered Warwick has a thriving central Mathematics Accountants, Investment Banking. MORSE Department with interests in many areas of is undoubtedly the most suitable degree at Pure and Applied Mathematics, and links with Warwick for those students who wish to other departments concerned with applicable become actuaries. Mathematics. A fully comprehensive range of Mathematical degrees is offered to students. Management The Statistics Department was formed in Modern managers need to understand 1972, has expanded considerably since then mathematical methods like those of and has established an enviable reputation operational research and decision theory, and in teaching and research. The Centre for communication skills are vital. The MORSE Research in Statistical Methodology (CRiSM) course, with its project work and report is a multi-million pound government initiative writing, is an excellent degree