Topic Name Description
Week 1 : Introduction File WEEK 1 Lecture 1
File WEEK 1 Lecture 2
Week 2 : Representing graphs File WEEK 2 Lecture 1
File WEEK 2 Lecture 2
File WEEK 2 Tutorial
File Formative Assignment 1
File Solutions to Formative Assignment 1
Week 3 : Basic measures File WEEK 3 Lecture 1
File WEEK 3 Lecture 2
File WEEK 3 Tutorial
File Formative Assignment 2
File Solutions to Formative Assignment 2
Week 4 : Centrality measures File WEEK4 Lecture 1
File WEEK 4 Lecture 2
File WEEK 4 Tutorial
File Formative Assignment 3
File Solutions to Formative Assignment 3
File Further readings: Article 1
Week 5 : Random graphs File WEEK 5 Lecture 1
File WEEK 5 Lecture 2
File WEEK 5 Tutorial
File Formative Assignment 4
File Solutions to Formative Assignment 4
Week 6 : Random graphs File WEEKS 6 Lecture 1
File WEEK 6 Lecture 2
File WEEK 6 Tutorial
File Formative Assignment 5
File Solutions to Formative Assignment 5
Week 8 : Scale-free networks File WEEK 8 Lecture 1
File WEEK 8 Lecture 2
File WEEK 8 Tutorial
File Formative Assignment 6
File Solutions to Formative Assignment 6
File ASSESSED COURSEWORK 4
Week 9 : BA model File WEEK 9 Lecture 1
File WEEK 9 Lecture 2
File WEEK 9 Tutorial
File Formative Assignment 7
File Solutions to Formative Assignment 7
File Further readings: BA model
Week 10 : Other models of growing graphs File WEEK 10 Lecture 1
File WEEK 10 Lecture 2

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File Formative Assignment 8
File Solutions to Formative Assignment 8
File Further readings: BB model
File ASSESSED COURSEWORK 5
Week 11: Small-world networks File WEEK 11 Lecture 1
File Week 11 lecture 2
File Week 11 tutorial
File Formative Assignment 9
File Solutions to Formative Assignment 9
File Further readings: WS small-world network model
General course materials File LECTURE NOTES

The full lecture notes for the module written by Prof. Ginestra Bianconi when she was teaching the module (in 2020/21 and the in the previous years) are given here.  These notes are intended to be a definitive record of what is examinable. 

Information about what is taught in each week can be seen in the sections for the individual weeks below.


Exam papers URL Past papers for this module

This is a link to past papers. Whilst these will examine roughly the same content, the structure may be very different

Folder Examples of solutions of past exam papers
Week 12 + REVISION File Week 12 lecture 1
File Week 12 tutorial
File Revision Lecture
File Final Exam 2023
File Formative Assignment 10
File Solutions to Formative Assignment 10
Exam Preparation and Past Papers File Sample Paper

This exam paper is of the same style and standard as this year's exam

File Example Solutions to the Sample Paper

These are example solutions to the sample exam paper

URL Other past papers for this module

This is a link to many other past papers. Whilst these will examine roughly the same roughly the same content, the structure may be very different