<p>For Sheffield’s MSc, they say that you should be familiar with about 70% of the following areas. They do, however, also offer a 9 month preparatory distance course or recommend a similar course run by the UK’s Open University.</p>
<p>Set Theory
Quadratic Equations
Rules of Indices and Logarithms
Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions
Permutations and Combinations
Use of Sum and Product Notation
Series Expansions and Limits
Matrices
Geometry
Calculus
Lagrange Multipliers
Other Topics</p>
<p>They have a paper (no answers) with the type of problems they expect you to be able to cope with upon entry:</p>
<p><a href=“http://biggins.staff.shef.ac.uk/MSc-Foundation-Material/exercisesMM.pdf[/url]”>http://biggins.staff.shef.ac.uk/MSc-Foundation-Material/exercisesMM.pdf</a></p>