CASM

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CASM stands for "Certificate of Advanced Studies in Mathematics". It is both the culmination of the Cambridge University mathematics degree, as an additional year for those who wish to go on beyond the BA course, and a separate graduate course which accepts many people coming from other universities. It is roughly equivalent to a MSci in Mathematics, but Cambridge has a long running tradition of terminology which doesn't quite correspond to the norm. For various reasons, mostly historical, the course is also referred to as the Part III.

The course lasts one year, divided into three eight-week terms. There are a wide variety of lectures on both pure and applied maths, mostly concentrated in the first two terms. The third term is primarily for examinations (and revision for said examinations) which, together with the option of writing a part III essay (a miniature thesis of sorts), determine one's final grade entirely.

See also

• Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge

External link

• The Cambridge Maths faculty's site explaining the CASM