Stage 2 Mathematical Methods
Length of Course
Level
Learning Area
Core or Specialist
Pre-requisites
Successful completion of Stage 1 Mathematical Methods with a minimum of a B grade.
Subject Description
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.
An optional online Mathematical Methods Revision Guide may be purchased for $30.00.
Students will undertake the following topics:
• Further differentiation and applications
• Discrete random variables
• Integral Calculus
• Logarithmic Functions
• Continuous random variables and the normal distribution
• Sampling and confidence intervals
Assessment components include six Skills and Application Tasks (tests) (50%), one Mathematical Investigation (20%) and an External Examination (30%).
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