MathsLink: Further
Duration
- 6 weeks full-time only
Contact hours
- 97 hours directed and independent online learning
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Prerequisites
VCE Units 1 AND 2 Foundation Mathematics OR
VCE Units 1 AND 2 General Mathematics OR
VCE Units 1 AND 2 Mathematical Methods
Aims and objectives
The aims of this program are to provide students with a thorough grounding in VCE Units 3 and 4 Further Mathematics, to lay a foundation for further university studies in mathematics and to help students to develop the skills required to manage their own mathematics education.
Unit Learning Outcomes: On Successful completion of this units students will be able to:
1.Develop both the attitude and the skills required to self-assess the application of mathematical techniques
2. Define and explain key terms and concepts as specified in the content, and use this knowledge to apply related mathematical procedures to solve routine application problems
3. Use mathematical concepts and skills developed to analyse a practical and extended situation, and interpret and discuss the outcomes of this analysis in relation to key features of that situation
4. Select and appropriately use technology to develop mathematical ideas, produce results and carry out analysis in situations requiring problem solving, modelling or investigative techniques or approaches
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Lecture | 3 | 6 | 18 |
Online Contact Synchronous Tutorials | 1.5 | 6 | 9 |
Online Contact Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 10 | 6 | 60 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent Learning | 1.67 | 6 | 10 |
TOTAL | 97 hours |
Hawthorn Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Online Contact Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 16.7 | 6 | 97 |
TOTAL | 97 hours |
Assessment
1. Assignment (Individual) 15%
2. Project (Individual) 10%
3. Test (Individual) 10%
4. Test (Individual) 40%
Content
- Data Analysis
- Displaying, summarising and describing univariate and bivariate data
- Introduction to regression
- Displaying, summarising and describing time series data
- Geometry and trigonometry
- Pythagoras theorem, surface area, volumes and applications
- Trigonometric ratios, Heron’s formula, sine and cosine rules
- Applications – distance and direction with bearing; angles of elevation and depression; contour maps and triangulation measurements
- Graphs and relations
- Construction and interpretation of graphs
- Linear programming
- Business related mathematics
- Financial transactions and asset value
- Loans and investments
Study resources
- References.
References
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.