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by ghufran_syed 2725 days ago
Forgot to say, University of London is super cheap, maybe around $2000 for the grad diploma, or around $7-8000 for the degree.
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It's cheap for a reason. The books are riddled with errors, they offer no support at all aside from "here are books. test is on $DATE". There are forums but no instructors on them.

If you're already proficient at mathematics then it's good to get a diploma to state as much. But if you're looking to learn then it will be of little help.

I don’t do the Math degree but I’ve found the tutors for the Finance M.Sc. with SOAS reasonably responsive. It says they’ll respond within three business days and they do. I wouldn’t say the course readers are well edited or kept up to date but the textbooks are all good so far.
The UoL External Programme still has the BSc Maths and Econ option - https://london.ac.uk/courses/mathematics-and-economics

Having looked through the courses offered, I have to say that I am quite impressed. They are offering several interesting courses in Applied Math such as Game Theory, Optimization, and Statistical Inference. Overall it looks like a solid Applied Maths degree.