Prerequisites

A ‘B’ Grade in Mathematics ATAR Ready S1 and maintain S2. Achieved OLNA.

Any student who underperforms in this course in Year 11 will be required to meet with the Head of Learning Area to discuss their continued enrolment in Year 12.

Aim of Course

Mathematics Methods is an ATAR course which focuses on the use of calculus and statistical analysis. The study of calculus provides a basis for understanding rates of change in the physical world and includes the use of functions, their derivatives and integrals in modelling physical processes. The study of statistics develops students’ ability to describe and analyse phenomena that involve uncertainty and variation.

You should select this course because:

  • You want to use Mathematics Methods ATAR as a University entrance course

  • Mathematics Methods ATAR is a prerequisite for a course you wish to study at university

  • If your future pathways may involve health, social sciences, mathematics and statistics and their applications in a range of disciplines at the tertiary level.

Description of Course

Year 11

  • Unit 1: Functions and Graphs, Trigonometric Functions, Counting and Probability

  • Unit 2: Exponential Functions, Sequences and Series, Differential Calculus

Year 12

  • Unit 3: Further Differentiation, Integrals, Discrete Random Variables

  • Unit 4: The Logarithmic Function, Continuous Random Variables and the Normal Distribution, Interval Estimates for Proportions

More detailed course info can be found HERE.

Assessment

To provide for different learning styles a variety of assessment tasks are used. For each unit tasks will include:

  • Response (tests and quizzes)

  • Investigations

  • Examinations