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Program information
Learn to reveal and explain patterns in everyday life, from electrical impulses in an animal鈥檚 nervous system, to fluctuations in stock market prices, or the fine detail in an abstract geometrical object.
Program overview
- Campus
- Okanagan
- Program length
- 4 years
- Honours This option has additional requirements compared to those required in a Major specialization. Students must maintain high academic standing and may have to write a graduating thesis.
- No
- Co-op Co-op is an optional program where students alternate between academic terms and paid work terms. It’s an opportunity to gain relevant job experience while completing your degree.
- Yes
- Faculty
- Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts
What you'll learn
By pursuing a Mathematics degree from UBC, you鈥檒l acquire powerful tools for solving practical problems in a highly creative environment that demands logic, precision, intuition, and imagination.
You can select a concentration in Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, or Statistics. Graduates of the Mathematics program are prepared for direct entry into careers in actuarial science, government, or finance. Many graduates go on to graduate studies, professional secondary teaching programs, or other professional programs.
Experiential learning and research
You鈥檒l participate in original research 鈥� either your own or a professor鈥檚 in your field. The Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science supports student research through the Undergraduate Research Awards, which allow students to carry out their own projects over the summer months, while other awards provide opportunities to work with professors on their work.
You also have the opportunity to take your studies abroad with the Go Global program and the Exchange and Research Abroad program
Campus features
The Centre for Optimization, Convex Analysis and Non-Smooth Analysis (COCANA) houses one of the most unique concentrations of optimization researchers in Canada. For example, recently discovered algorithms by the OCANA research group make it possible to solve problems that were previously considered computationally impossible.
The Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science holds an annual undergraduate research conference on UBC鈥檚 Okanagan campus to showcase student research projects.
You can also connect with peers through the Quantitative Sciences Course Union and the Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) mentoring program.
Program advantages
Gain a firm foundation in pure mathematics that you can apply in areas where it is of vital importance such as finance, computer science, and cryptography. Select a concentration in Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, or Statistics. Learn from renowned faculty researchers studying graphics and visualization, artificial intelligence, system architecture, databases, and more.
Courses
There are hundreds of courses you can take within Mathematics. Here are a few you might like.
Derivatives of elementary functions, limits. Covers applications and modelling: graphing and optimization.
First-order equations, initial value problems, existence and uniqueness theorems, second-order linear equations, superposition of solutions, independence, general solutions, non-homogeneous equations, phaseplane analysis, numerical methods, matrix methods for linear systems, and applications of differential equations to the physical, biological, and social sciences.
Provides a rigorous foundation of calculus. Real numbers; limits and continuous functions; differentiation; elementary functions; the elementary real integral; normed vector spaces.
Finite fields, linear codes, cyclic codes, BCH codes. Additional topics chosen from: Reed-Solomon codes, applications to digital audio recording, non-linear codes, convolutional codes, majority logic decoding, weight distributions of codes, codes and designs, bounds on the size of codes.
Outcomes
As a graduate of Mathematics, you鈥檒l be prepared for further study in the field, or to enter into a career in business, education, government, industry, or financial institutions.
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Program requirements
Choose application type:
English-language requirements
English is the language of instruction at UBC. All prospective students must demonstrate English-language competency prior to admission. There are numerous ways to meet the聽English Language Admission Standard.
General admission requirements
IB Diploma Programme
- Completed IB Diploma, including at least three Higher Level courses.
IB Certificate Courses
- IB Certificate courses (Standard and Higher Level) may be used in an admissions average if you are graduating from a recognized high school curriculum that can be used as your basis of admission.
- IB Math Applications and Interpretations SL, or IB Math Studies, do not satisfy the math requirement for admission to UBC’s science-based programs, the Faculty of Management, the 糖心logo入口Sauder School of Business, or the Vancouver School of Economics.
Degree-specific requirements: Arts
- No specific courses required beyond those needed for general admission
Related courses
The following subject categories are particularly relevant for this degree. Consider taking courses in these areas in your junior year and senior year.
- Language Arts
- Mathematics and Computation
- Second Languages
- Social Studies
- Visual and Performing Arts
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Want to learn more?
Visit the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science website to learn more about Mathematics (BA).
Get a post-graduate work permit for up to three years if you are a full-time 糖心logo入口international student graduating from a bachelor’s degree program and meet all .
Want to learn more?
Visit the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science website to learn more about Mathematics (BA).