Overview
In this unit, you will apply essential mathematical concepts, processes and techniques to support the development of mathematical descriptions and models for problems in sciences, engineering, business and other disciplines. You will investigate and apply the properties of linear, quadratic, exponential and logarithmic functions in appropriate settings, use trigonometric functions to solve relevant problems, and describe periodic phenomena. Complex numbers and vectors are introduced to solve problems in different disciplines. You will also learn and apply either principles of applied calculus for describing and solving engineering problems, or fundamentals of linear algebra to solve problems in sciences, business and other disciplines. Other important elements of this unit are the effective communication of results, concepts and ideas using mathematics as a language in a way that demonstrates a clear, logical and precise approach. Online students are required to have significant access to a computer and make frequent use of the internet.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Anti-requisite: MATH11218
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 3 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
Some students felt this foundation maths unit is still too difficult to learn. Some students cannot even follow the review on fraction additions.
Consider directing such students to STEPS maths prior to starting this unit, as suggested by one student.
Feedback from Unit evaluation and other communications
Some students cannot clearly read the lecturer's math notes during the real-time lecture (hence in recordings).
This was perhaps due to both the fast pace of lecture delivery and students' inability to distinguish the difference between English and Greek letters. Will try to adjust the pace in noting during lectures in 2019. Will refer those students who have difficulty in identifying the difference between English and Greek letters commonly used in mathematics to STEPS math units.
- Demonstrate foundation mathematics skills with emphasis on those areas applicable to multiple disciplines
- Formulate and analyse simple mathematical models
- Apply theory to practical problems drawn from a range of disciplines
- Use foundation mathematics skills to solve unfamiliar problems.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||
| 4 - Examination - 40% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Essentials and Examples of Applied Mathematics
Edition: 1st edn (2018)
Authors: Guo, WW
Pearson Australia
Melbourne Melbourne , VIC , Australia
ISBN: 9781488623820
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
w.guo@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Review of Basic Algebra (all students)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 1.1-1.3 (all students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
All students
Read Chapter 1.1-1.3; complete tasks of Tutorial 1
Module/Topic
Review of Basic Algebra (all students)
Summary of Basic Geometry (all students)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 1.4-1.5; Chapter 2.4 (all students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
All students
Read Chapter 1.4-1.5 and Chapter 2.4; complete tasks of Tutorial 2
Module/Topic
Inequalities and Sequences (all students)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 3 (all students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
All students
Read Chapter 3; complete tasks of Tutorial 3
Online Quiz opens Monday.
Module/Topic
Functions and Graphs
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 4 (all students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
All students
Read Chapter 4; complete tasks of Tutorial 4
Online Quiz continues.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz continues.
Module/Topic
Polynomial Functions (all students)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 5 (all students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
All students
Read Chapter 5; complete tasks of Tutorial 5
Online Quiz continues.
Module/Topic
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions (all students)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 6 (all students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
All students
Read Chapter 6; complete tasks of Tutorial 6
Online Quiz Due: Week 6 Friday (21 Dec 2018) 11:55 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Review of Triangles and Trigonometry (all students)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 2.1-2.3 (all students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
All students
Read Chapter 2.1-2.3; complete tasks of Tutorial 7
Module/Topic
Trigonometric and Hyperbolic Functions (all students)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 7 (all students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
All students
Read Chapter 7; complete tasks of Tutorial 8
Module/Topic
Essentials of Differentiation (Engineering students only)
Introduction to Numeric Computation (all other students)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 10 (Engineering students only)
Textbook: Chapter 8 (All other students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Engineering students only:
Read Chapter 10; complete tasks of Tutorial 9A
All other students:
Read Chapter 8; complete tasks of Tutorial 9B
Assignment 2 Due: Week 9 Thursday (17 Jan 2019) 11:55 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Applications of Differentiation (Engineering students only)
Vectors (all other students)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 11 (Engineering students only)
Textbook: Chapter 9.1 (All other students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Engineering students only:
Read Chapter 11; complete tasks of Tutorial 10A
All other students:
Read Chapter 9.1; complete tasks of Tutorial 10B
Module/Topic
Integration (Engineering students only)
Complex numbers (all other students)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 12.1, 12.2.1-12.2.2, Chapter 13.1 (Engineering students only)
Textbook: Chapter 9.2 (All other students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Engineering students only:
Read Chapter 12.1, 12.2.1-12.2.2, Chapter 13.1; complete tasks of Tutorial 11A
All other students:
Read Chapter 9.2; complete tasks of Tutorial 11B
Module/Topic
Applications of Integration and Exam Advice (Engineering students only)
Fundamentals of Matrices and Exam Advice (all other students)
Chapter
Textbook: Selected examples from Chapter 12.3 & Chapter 13.2 (Engineering students only)
Textbook: Chapter 14.1 (All other students)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Engineering students only:
Read selected examples from Chapter 12.3 & Chapter 13.2
All other students:
Read Chapter 14.1
Assignment 3 Due: Week 12 Thursday (7 Feb 2019) 11:55 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Unit Review
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Online Quiz(zes)
This online quiz focus on enforcing learning of mathematical foundation in basic algebra, inequalities, sequences, introduction to function, and polynomial functions covered in the first five weeks. You are allowed 3 attempts to answer a question and the last answer will be saved and graded. No penalty for multiple attempts. The quiz will start on Monday of Week 3 and end on Friday of Week 6 (including the Vacation Week).
3
Other
Week 6 Friday (21 Dec 2018) 11:55 pm AEST
Your result will be automatically displayed on screen once you completed your final attempt.
Each question has 5 choices, in which only ONE is correct. You get the full mark for a correct answer and no mark for an incorrect answer. No partial marks are available.
- Demonstrate foundation mathematics skills with emphasis on those areas applicable to multiple disciplines
- Formulate and analyse simple mathematical models
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
This is an individual assignment.
This assignment is to test student's learning outcomes in triangles, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, and hyperbolic functions covered in Weeks 6-8. The assignment details will be available on the Moodle website.
Week 9 Thursday (17 Jan 2019) 11:55 pm AEST
Week 11 Thursday (31 Jan 2019)
Marked assignments are expected to be returned in 2 weeks after the submission deadline.
The final mark is out of 20. Questions are awarded the full marks allocated if they are error-free, partial marks if there are some problems, and no marks if not attempted or contain so many errors as to render the attempt to be without value. To ensure maximum benefit, answers to all questions should be neatly and clearly presented and all appropriate working should be shown. Assignments will receive NO marks if submitted after the solutions are released.
- Apply theory to practical problems drawn from a range of disciplines
- Use foundation mathematics skills to solve unfamiliar problems.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
This is an individual assignment.
For engineering students: This assignment is to test student's learning outcomes in differentiation and integration covered in Weeks 9-11.
For all other students: This assignment is to test student's learning outcomes in numeric computation, vectors and complex numbers covered in Weeks 9-11.
The assignment details will be available on the Moodle website.
Week 12 Thursday (7 Feb 2019) 11:55 pm AEST
It is envisaged that feedback and solutions will be available prior to sitting the standard examination.
The final mark is out of 20. Questions are awarded the full marks allocated if they are error-free, partial marks if there are some problems, and no marks if not attempted or contain so many errors as to render the attempt to be without value. To ensure maximum benefit, answers to all questions should be neatly and clearly presented and all appropriate working should be shown. Assignments will receive NO marks if submitted after the solutions are released.
- Apply theory to practical problems drawn from a range of disciplines
- Use foundation mathematics skills to solve unfamiliar problems.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
Examination
Calculator - all non-communicable calculators, including scientific, programmable and graphics calculators are authorised
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