Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Arts

Mathematics major sequence

The following is the program of study [November, 2008] for a 33-unit major sequence in Mathematics within a Bachelor of Arts should be read in conjunction with the course rule for the BA.

OPTION 1: Appropriate for students who have NOT successfully completed SACE Stage 2 Mathematical Studies or Mathematical Methods, or equivalent.

	First Year
MATH1201	Introductory Mathematics 1A	4.5
MATH1202	Mathematics 1B	4.5

	Second and Third Years
MATH1121	Mathematics 1A, and	4.5
MATH1122	Mathematics 1B, and	4.5
MATH2034	Logic and Graphs	3
	12 units selected from the following (subject to prerequisites and availability):
ENGR2111	Signals and Linear Systems	3
MATH2014	Principles of Analysis	3
MATH2023	Mathematics for the Physical Sciences	3
MATH2035	Groups and Codes	3
MATH2041	Numerical Analysis	3
MATH2070	Scientific Computing	3
MATH2100	Probability and Signal Analysis	3
MATH2111	Vector Calculus	3
MATH2121	Linear Analysis and Differential Equations	3
STAT2100	Probability	3
STAT2110	Statistical Science	3
MATH3013	Complex Analysis	3
MATH3025	Calculus of Variations	3
MATH3026	Difference and Differential Equations	3
MATH4301	Management Mathematics	3

OPTION 2: Appropriate for students who HAVE successfully completed SACE Stage 2 Mathematical Studies or Mathematical Methods, or equivalent.

	First Year
MATH1121	Mathematics 1A #, and	4.5
MATH1122	Mathematics 1B #, and	4.5

	Second and Third Years
	24 units selected from the following (subject to prerequisites and availability):
ENGR2111	Signals and Linear Systems	3
MATH2014	Principles of Analysis **	3
MATH2023	Mathematics for the Physical Sciences	3
MATH2034	Logic and Graphs	3
MATH2035	Groups and Codes	3
MATH2041	Numerical Analysis	3
MATH2070	Scientific Computing	3
MATH2100	Probability and Signal Analysis	3
MATH2111	Vector Calculus	3
MATH2121	Linear Analysis and Differential Equations	3
STAT2100	Probability	3
STAT2110	Statistical Science	3
MATH3013	Complex Analysis	3
MATH3025	Calculus of Variations	3
MATH3026	Difference and Differential Equations	3
MATH4301	Management Mathematics	3

# Students who have achieved a mark of at least 18 in SACE Stage 2 Specialist Mathematics, or at least 6 in International Baccalaureate Mathematics HL, have the option of doing the corresponding topics MATH1141 Advanced Mathematics 1A (instead of MATH1121) and MATH1142 Advanced Mathematics 1B (instead of MATH1122).

** Students who have passed MATH1141 Advanced Mathematics 1A may NOT take MATH2014 Principles of Analysis.