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 science and engineering domains. 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. You will also learn and apply principles of applied calculus for describing and solving engineering problems. 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.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Anti-requisites: MATH11218, MATH11246Pre-requisite: MATH11247
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 2 - 2020
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 Engineering Course Committee
Add vectors, complex numbers, solving systems of linear equations, and more calculus to MATH11160.
Will gradually add these topics in the redeveloped MATH11160 from Term 2 of 2020.
Feedback from Student feedback from the unit evaluation
Positive student feedback was received on the assessment; Moodle site layout and available resources; lecturing style and examples presented, and the level of support offered by staff.
Continue to foster the current learning and teaching environment
- Demonstrate foundation mathematics skills with emphasis on application to engineering disciplines
- Formulate and analyse simple mathematical models
- Apply theory to practical problems drawn from a range of engineering disciplines
- Solve engineering related problems using foundation mathematics and introductory calculus techniques.
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 - Take Home Exam - 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 - Take Home Exam - 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
Additional Textbook Information
If you prefer to study with a paper copy, they are available at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code). eBooks are available at the publisher's website.
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
Unit Introduction
Functions and Graphs
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 4; complete Week 1 exercises
Module/Topic
Polynomial Functions
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 5; complete Week 2 exercises
Module/Topic
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 6; complete Week 3 exercises
Online Quiz 1 opens Monday.
Module/Topic
Trigonometric and Hyperbolic Functions
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 7; complete Week 4 exercises
Online Quiz 1 continues.
Module/Topic
Introduction to Calculus (I)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 10.1-10.2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 10.1-10.2; complete Week 5 exercises
Online Quiz 1 continues.
Assignment 2 Due: Week 5 Friday (14 Aug 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Mid-Term Break
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 1 closes by Sunday.
Module/Topic
Introduction to Calculus (II)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapters 10.3, 10.5 (Example 10.41-42), 11.1 (Examples 11.1, 11.2, 11.5)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapters 10.3, 10.5 (Example 10.41-42), 11.1 (Examples 11.1, 11.2, 11.5); complete Week 6 exercises
Online Quiz 2 opens.
Module/Topic
Introduction to Calculus (III)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 11.2, 11.4 (Examples 11.21-27)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 11.2, 11.4 (Examples 11.21-27); complete Week 7 exercises
Online Quiz 2 continues.
Module/Topic
Introduction to Calculus (IV)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 11.3.1, 12.1, 12.3 (Example 12.40-43)
Events and Submissions/Topic
ReadChapter 11.3.1, 12.1, 12.3 (Example 12.40-43); complete Week 8 exercises
Online Quiz 2 closes by Sunday.
Module/Topic
Introduction to Calculus (V)
Chapter
Textbook: Chapter 13.1, 13.2.1 (Physical plane areas)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 13.1, 13.2.1 (Physical plane areas); complete Week 9 exercises
Online Quiz 3 opens.
Module/Topic
Vectors
Chapter
Textbook: Chapters 9.1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapters 9.1; complete Week 10 exercises
Online Quiz 3 continues.
Assignment 3 Due: Week 10 Friday (25 Sept 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Complex numnumbers
Chapter
Textbook: Chapters 9.2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapters 9.2; complete Week 11 exercises
Online Quiz 3 continues.
Module/Topic
Systems of Linear Equations
Unit review and examination preparation
Chapter
Textbook: Chapters 14.2, 15.1, 15.2.1, 15.2.3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapters 14.2, 15.1, 15.2.1, 15.2.3; complete Week 12 exercises
Online Quiz 3 continues.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 3 closes by Sunday.
Module/Topic
Unit Review
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Online Quiz(zes)
This online quiz focus on enforcing learning of mathematical concepts and basic operations on all topics covered in the whole term. There are three (3) quiz sessions scheduled during the term and each session focuses on what has been learned during the immediate past period. The duration for each session is detailed in the Schedule of this Unit Profile. Details for quiz questions will be released once a quiz session is open.
3
Other
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 are allowed 3 attempts to answer a question and the last answer will be saved and graded. No penalty for multiple attempts. 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 application to engineering disciplines
- Formulate and analyse simple mathematical models
- 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 on topics covered in Weeks 1-4. The assignment details will be available on the Moodle website.
Week 5 Friday (14 Aug 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 7 Friday (4 Sept 2020)
Marked assignments are expected to be returned in 2 weeks after the submission deadline, or as soon as the process is completed.
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 engineering disciplines
- Solve engineering related problems using foundation mathematics and introductory calculus techniques.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
This is an individual assignment.
This assignment is to test student's learning outcomes on topics covered in Weeks 5-9. The assignment details will be available on the Moodle website.
Week 10 Friday (25 Sept 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 12 Friday (9 Oct 2020)
Marked assignments are expected to be returned in 2 weeks after the submission deadline, or as soon as the process is completed.
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 engineering disciplines
- Solve engineering related problems using foundation mathematics and introductory calculus techniques.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
4 Take Home Exam
Due to uncertainties of recovery post the COVID-19 pandemic, the Standard Examination for Term 2 of 2020 MATH11160 is temporarily replaced by a Take Home Exam. You are given 24 hours to work on the Take Home Exam. During the 24-hour timeframe, you will need to download the exam from the unit’s Moodle website, complete it and upload it back. Detailed instructions for the Take Home Exam will be communicated near the end of Term 2.
The Take Home Exam will be scheduled during the Exam Week.
The results will be made available on Certification of Grades day. Like a regular exam, your marked answer script will not be returned to you, unless you apply to see it as part of the first step of the review of grade process.
This assessment task is open book. You can reference all notes and study materials. Any submission after the deadline will not be accepted. You are required to do your own work, maintaining academic integrity with all honesty. Your submission may be subject to additional verification in the form of an oral defence through interview with the Unit Coordinator (or nominee). Students unable to satisfactorily answer questions about their submitted solution(s) will receive no marks for the question(s).
Answered 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.
- Demonstrate foundation mathematics skills with emphasis on application to engineering disciplines
- Formulate and analyse simple mathematical models
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
