Precluded combinations with current MHS SACE subjects:
Essential Mathematics and General Mathematics
Course Outline:
Mathematical Methods develops an increasingly complex and sophisticated understanding of calculus and statistics. By using functions and their derivatives and integrals, and by mathematically modelling physical processes, students develop a deep understanding of the physical world through a sound knowledge of relationships involving rates of change.
Students use statistics to describe and analyse phenomena that involve uncertainty and variation. Mathematical Methods provides the foundation for further study in mathematics, economics, computer sciences, and the sciences. It prepares students for courses and careers that may involve the use of statistics, such as health or social sciences. When studied together with Specialist Mathematics, this subject can be a pathway to engineering, physical science, and laser physics.
Students who complete this subject with a C– or better will meet the numeracy requirement of the SACE.
Topics Covered:
The topics studied in Mathematical Methods are: Further Differentiation and Applications; Discrete Random Variables; Integral Calculus; Logarithmic Functions; Continuous Random Variables and the Normal Distribution; and Sampling and Confidence Intervals.
Length of course: Full year
Credit points and TAS status: 20 Credit TAS
Recommended Background: B Grade or better in Stage 1 Mathematics A, Stage 1 Mathematics B and
Stage 1 Mathematics C
Precluded combinations with current MHS SACE subjects:
Essential Mathematics and General Mathematics
Course Outline:
Mathematical Methods develops an increasingly complex and sophisticated understanding of calculus and statistics. By using functions and their derivatives and integrals, and by mathematically modelling physical processes, students develop a deep understanding of the physical world through a sound knowledge of relationships involving rates of change.
Students use statistics to describe and analyse phenomena that involve uncertainty and variation. Mathematical Methods provides the foundation for further study in mathematics, economics, computer sciences, and the sciences. It prepares students for courses and careers that may involve the use of statistics, such as health or social sciences. When studied together with Specialist Mathematics, this subject can be a pathway to engineering, physical science, and laser physics.
Students who complete this subject with a C– or better will meet the numeracy requirement of the SACE.
Topics Covered:
The topics studied in Mathematical Methods are: Further Differentiation and Applications; Discrete Random Variables; Integral Calculus; Logarithmic Functions; Continuous Random Variables and the Normal Distribution; and Sampling and Confidence Intervals.
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