Hello everybody!
I apologise in advance for how long this post is, I have so many questions and I appreciate you taking the time to read this.
So as the title suggests, I will be a fresher at Warwick in a few weeks and will be studying Discrete Maths. I have a few questions regarding the course, the university and some general stuff too and I'd really appreciate any advice you can give me, so thank you in advance!
I'll get the important questions out of the way first:
How much of the computer science side of things you have to study? I originally applied for Maths and missed my offer, so obviously, I am more interested in the mathematical side of the degree. I am looking at doing mainly maths and stats for my optional modules.
Is there anything I should be doing to prepare for the course? I am currently reading into analysis (I have heard this is a bit nasty so wanted to get a head start) and teaching myself S2 as I only covered S1 at school. I have been doing STEP and AEA over the summer to keep my head working as well but I just wondered if there was anything else I am missing that could be beneficial.
Is there anything I need especially for the course? My assumption was that I would need a calculator and/or a graphical calculator (any recommendations would be greatly appreciated) and books (anything additional to the course textbooks that anyone can recommend?) alongside the usual pen, paper, pencils etc. I ask this mainly because I'm unsure of the computer science side of things and what may be required for this.
Does anyone know if the support given to Discrete Maths students is any less than pure maths students? I know Discrete maths is based in the computer science department so is there less support for the maths modules or is it still really good?
These are less important:
If I decided that after the first year, I wanted to change back to MMath, would it be possible and is there anywhere I can find out exactly what is needed to do this and the modules that I would need to take and excel in?
Is there the option to do a masters? I keep seeing "Discrete Mathematics BSc" on the website but I am really interested in continuing for a 4th year and was wondering if this is a possibility.
What modules do I miss out on doing by doing Discrete maths from the maths course?
I do have a few more questions but this is way too long already so i'll keep them to myself for a while :/
I appreciate any advice anyone can give me and thank you for taking the time to read this.