Welcome  to the Faculty of Science



The Faculty of Science was established at the inception of the then University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1957 with only five departments. 

The Faculty boasts of highly qualified staff in a variety of disciplines and quality flexible programmes to cater for the potential student, be it undergraduate or postgraduate students.
 

The Faculty of Science is part of the University of Zimbabwe committed to training scientists for both national and international development. The programmes offered in the Faculty have had a long history of success. They have been needs-based with regard to national development and self sufficiency in national manpower requirements. These programmes have operated under tested regulations. It is not an exaggeration that the programmes have acquired international recognition. The MSc programmes that have been running have produced graduates for both the public and private sectors as well as academic staff for the new state universities. It is regrettable however that due to the critical staffing situation, some of the programmes have had to suspend enrolment of students. However, some MSc programmes, especially in those departments that had thriving link programmes, have acquired international recognition and attracted students from the southern African region. The Faculty is proud of its record in postgraduate training by research. In the past 10 years, the Faculty has produced 22 M. Phil and 47 D. Phil students, all of whom have been absorbed into various sectors locally, regionally and internationally.

 

Mission Statement

Mission Statement
The Faculty of Science was established at the inception of the then University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1957. It boasts of highly quali...

Department

Departments
The programmes offered in the Faculty have had a long history of success. They have been needs-based with regard to national development and s...

Dean's Office

Deans Office
The Faculty of Science is part of the University of Zimbabwe committed to training scientists for both national and international development. The ...

Programmes on offer

Programmes on offer
It is not an exaggeration that the programmes have acquired international recognition. The MSc programmes that have been running have produced...
Msc in Mathematics

 

PART 1:

Specialty: Pure Mathematics

 

COURSE CODE

TITLE

DESIGNATION

PRE-REQUISITES

WEIGHTING

COURSE UNITS

MTS501

Commutative Algebra 1

 

HMTH035

1

15

MTS502

Group Theory 1

 

HMTH038

1

15

MTS503

Category Theory 1

 

 

1

15

MTS504

Topological Groups 1

 

HMTH321

1

15

MTS506

Functional Analysis 1

 

HMTH321

1

14

MTS526

Commutative Algebra 2

 

MTS501

1

15

MTS527

Group Theory 2

 

MTS502

1

15

MTS528

Category Theory 2

 

MTS503

1

15

MTS529

Topological Groups 2

 

MTS504

1

15

MTS530

Functional Analysis 2

 

MTS506

1

15

MTS531

Further Topics in Pure Mathematics

 

 

1

15

MTS532

Further Topics in Applied Mathematics

 

 

1

15

 

 

 

Specialty: Mathematical Modeling

COURSE CODE

TITLE

DESIGNATION

PRE-REQUISITES

WEIGHTING

COURSE UNITS

MTS507

Principles and Techniques of Applied Mathematics

 

 

1

15

MTS508

Differential Equations

Mod

 

1

15

MTS510

Analysis and Probability

Mod

HMTH321

1

15

MTS514

Optimization

Mod

 

1

15

MTS515

Numerical Methods

Mod

HMTH212

1

15

MTS511

Dynamic Regression Models

 

 

1

15

MTS512

Advanced Multivariate Analysis

 

 

1

15

MTS513

Game Theory (Advanced Decision Theory)

 

 

1

15

MTS516

Stochastic Differential Equations

 

 

1

15

MTS517

Control Theory

 

 

1

15

MTS518

Theory of Differential Equations

 

 

1

15

MTS519

Mathematics of Finance

 

 

1

15

MTS520

Chaos Theory

 

 

1

15

MTS521

Numerical Methods for PDEs

 

HMTH334

1

15

MTS522

Climate Modeling

 

 

1

15

MTS523

Engineering Design Modeling

 

 

1

15

MTS524

Population Dynamics   (Epidemiological Modeling)

 

HMTH224

1

15

MTS525

Mathematics of Insurance

 

 

1

15

MTS532

Further Topics in Applied Mathematics

 

 

1

15

MTS533

Further Topics in Mathematical Statistics

 

 

1

15

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Specialty: Graph Theory

COURSE CODE

TITLE

DESIGNATION

PRE-REQUISITES

WEIGHTING

COURSE UNITS

MTS534

Advanced General Graph Theory 1

GT

 

1

15

MTS535

Advanced  General Graph Theory 2

GT

 

1

15

MTS536

Algebraic Graph Theory 1

 

 

1

15

MTS537

Matroid Theory with Applications 1

 

 

1

15

MTS538

Advanced General Graph Theory 3

GT

 

1

15

MTS539

Advanced General Graph Theory 4

GT

 

1

15

MTS540

Algebraic Graph Theory 2

 

 

1

15

MTS541

Matroid Theory with Applications 2

 

MTS539

1

15

MTS542

Packaging’s and Coverings 1

 

 

1

15

MTS543

Packagings and Coverings 2

 

MTS542

1

15

MTS544

Graph Theory and Linear Optimization 1

 

 

1

15

MTS545

Graph Theory and Linear Optimization 2

 

MTS545

1

15
               

 

Certain courses are labeled as Core Courses within their Specialty (Mod for Mathematical Modeling and GT for Graph Theory).

 

 Part 2

 

COURSE CODE

TITLE

DESIGNATION

PRE-REQUISITES

WEIGHTING

COURSE UNITS

MTS570 

Dissertation

Core

 

 

80