TCE Mathematics Specialised Level 4

🎓Course Type	Pre-tertiary
TASC Code	MTS415118
TCE Points	15
⏱Hours	150
✔️Standard	Numeracy
📚Prerequisites	NA
📎Desirable prior experiences	This syllabus is suitable for those students who have successfully completed Mathematics Methods Level 4 and have a strong interest in mathematics.
📝Assessment	Internal - ongoing against criteria External - 3 hour end of year exam against criteria

What will I learn?

Mathematics Specialised provides opportunities, beyond those presented in Mathematics Methods, to develop rigorous mathematical arguments and proofs and to use mathematical and statistical models more extensively. Learners will be able to appreciate the true nature of mathematics, its beauty and its functionality.

Why should I consider this course?

Mathematics Specialised is designed for learners who have a strong interest in mathematics and whose future pathways may involve mathematics and statistics and their applications in a range of disciplines at the tertiary level.

What Skills does this course provide?

This course contains topics in functions, sequences and series, calculus, matrices and complex numbers that build on and deepen the ideas presented in Mathematics Methods and demonstrate their application in many areas. Complex numbers, mathematics in three dimensions and matrices are also introduced.

What Pathway Options does this course provide?

Mathematics Methods Level 4 provides a pathway into this course. Mathematics Specialised is designed for learners whose future pathways may involve mathematics and statistics and their applications in a range of disciplines at the tertiary level, including science, technology fields, engineering and mathematics (STEM), commerce and economics, as well as health and social sciences.