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Single Honors Mathematics: Senior Fresh year

When it comes to their Senior Fresh year, students have two different options.
  • The first option is the Single Honors option which leads to a Single Honors degree: students take 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics along with 20 ECTS credits in Open Modules & Trinity Electives.
  • The second option is slightly more flexible and it may lead to either a Single Honors degree or a degree with a Major and a Minor: students take 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics along with 20 ECTS credits in a new minor subject.
In each case, the total number of 60 ECTS credits must be divided equally between the two semesters.

Minor in Statistics or other subjects

Students who wish to pursue a minor subject must take 20 ECTS credits in that subject every year for a total of 60 ECTS credits during their studies. One of the available options is a minor in Statistics. This is designed exclusively for Single Honors Mathematics students and the quota is high enough to accommodate all students. It is also possible to pursue a minor in other subjects. However, these minors are open to several cohorts of students and the available places are limited. Allocations will be made based on the candidates' results during their Junior Fresh year.

Open Modules & Trinity Electives

Students who do not wish to pursue a minor subject must take 20 ECTS credits in Open Modules & Trinity Electives. At least one Trinity Elective must be taken during the Senior Fresh year and at most one Trinity Elective may be taken each semester. A precise list of the available options is given below. These modules are generally allocated on a first come first served basis, but the Mathematical Physics (MAU234) modules have a quota that is high enough to accommodate all students.

Semester 1 Open Modules

Semester 2 Open Modules

Mathematics Modules

Most of the Mathematics modules are compulsory during the Senior Fresh year, but students are also entitled to 1 optional module each semester. A precise list of the available options is given below.

Yearlong Mathematics Modules

The yearlong module MAU22200 is compulsory for all students.

Semester 1 Mathematics Modules

During the first semester, students take MAU22101, MAU23203 and one of the other modules. The students who are pursuing a minor in Statistics may not pick STU23501 as their optional module because it is already part of their minor.

Semester 2 Mathematics Modules

During the second semester, students take MAU22102, MAU23204 and one of the other modules. The students who are pursuing a minor in Statistics may not pick STU22005 as their optional module because it is already part of their minor.

Foundation Scholarship examination

Information about the Foundation Scholarship examination in Mathematics can be found here.

General regulations for undergraduate students

The general regulations that apply to all undergraduate students are outlined in the College Calendar (Part II). The following is only a brief summary of some important points and it is not meant to either replace or override the information in the College Calendar.

  • All students must register for 60 ECTS credits and those must be divided equally between the two terms.
  • Students will only be assessed on their registered modules.
  • Results for examinations are published according to the following grades: I = 70 to 100, II.1 = 60 to 69, II.2 = 50 to 59, III = 40 to 49, F1 = 30 to 39, F2 = 0 to 29.
  • In order to pass an individual module, students must achieve an overall score of 40% or higher.
  • In order to pass the year, students must achieve an overall credit-weighted average of 40% and EITHER
    • pass each of their modules (by achieving 40% or higher in each of their modules) OR
    • pass by compensation (by achieving 40% or higher in modules that are worth at least 50 ECTS credits and by achieving 35% or higher in their remaining modules).
  • Students who do not pass the year at the end of the Hilary term are required to present for reassessment at the beginning of the next Michaelmas term. These students will be reassessed in all failed components of the modules for which they obtained a score below 40%.
  • Students who do not manage to pass the year at the reassessment session must repeat the year in full (i.e., they must repeat all their modules and all their assessment components).

These regulations apply since the academic year 2018/19.

Sources of Information

The University of Dublin Calendar

All courses within Trinity College are administered in accordance with the regulations set out in the The University of Dublin Calendar which is published annually. The section of the Calendar setting out the general regulations of the College is published separately in the booklet General Regulations and Information and Board Statement on Safety which is distributed to all students on admission to College.

Important information

Please note that The University of Dublin Calendar should be consulted for definitive information about the rules, regulations, and activities of the University.