Overview
This unit introduces the core mathematical concepts, processes and techniques necessary to support subsequent studies in applied calculus. These include the properties and applications of linear, quadratic, logarithmic and exponential functions. Students use trigonometry to solve triangles and trigonometric functions to model periodic phenomena. Complex numbers, vectors and matrix algrebra are used to develop solutions to problems. The concepts of elementary statistics needed to organise and analyse data are included. Students select appropriate mathematical methods appreciating the importance of underlying assumptions and then use them to investigate and solve problems, and interpret results. Other important elements of this unit are the communication of results, concepts and ideas using mathematics as a language, being able to document the solution to problems in a way that demonstrates a clear, logical and precise approach and communicating, working and learning in peer learning teams where appropriate. Mathematical software is also used to analyse and solve most problems studied in the unit. Note: If you have completed units MATH12223 or MATH12224 then you cannot take this unit.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: Students in CQ08 are not permitted to enrol in this unit. Anti-requisite: MATH12223 or MATH12224
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 - 2017
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 Student feedback
Several students commented on the scheduling of the tutorials.
Class scheduling is undertaken by the timetabling section of the university and is a balance in meeting the needs of the unit with the constraints imposed by the availability of staff teaching into the unit. An optimal solution is not always available. The unit coordinator will endeavour to further communicate this to the student cohort in future offerings.
Feedback from Student feedback
Student appreciated the refined unit Moodle site layout and ease of access to, and availability, of resources. Students also commented very favourably upon the difficulty of the unit and the challenge offered by the assessment, along with the high level of support they received and clear unit expectations.
Continue to offer a positive supported learning experience.
Feedback from Student feedback
A few students commented about the amount of work required for the unit.
There is a level of assumed knowledge, for students entering the unit, that can be informally self-assessed through the provided online diagnostic testing. Students who do not possess the required background knowledge would be required to allocate time to gain these competencies, in addition to the 12.5 hours of recommended weekly study, in order to progress through the unit.
- Apply the properties of linear, quadratic, logarithmic and exponential functions to analyse and solve problems.
- Use trigonometry to solve triangles and trigonometric functions to model periodic phenomena.
- Use complex numbers, vectors and matrix algebra to develop solutions to problems.
- Apply the concepts of elementary statistics to organise and analyse data.
- Select appropriate mathematical methods, use them to investigate and solve problems, and interpret the results.
- Use mathematics as a language to communicate results, concepts and ideas in context.
- Document the solution to problems in a way that demonstrates a clear, logical and precise approach.
- Communicate, work and learn together in peer learning teams where appropriate.
- Use mathematical software to visualise, analyse, validate and solve problems.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||||
| 4 - Examination - 40% | |||||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 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 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Engineering Mathematics: A Foundation for Electronic, Electrical, Communications and Systems Engineers
Fourth Edition (2013)
Authors: Croft, A., Davison, R., Hargreaves, M. & Flint, J.
Pearson Education ESL
Harlow Harlow , England
ISBN: ISBN-10: 0273719777, ISBN-13: 9780273719779
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Access to a digital camera
- Access to a document scanner and pdf convereter
- A speaker and mic or a head set
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
p.keleher@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Textbook Sections 1.1, 1.2,1.4 to 1.8
Chapter
Chapter 1: Review of algebraic techniques
Events and Submissions/Topic
Textbook Exercises 1.2, 1.4 to 1.8 and Week 1 Tutorial Exercises
Module/Topic
Textbook Sections 2.1 to 2.3, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.6 to 2.4.9
Chapter
Chapter 2: Engineering functions
Events and Submissions/Topic
Textbook Exercises 2.3, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.6, 2.4.8, 2.4.9 and Week 2 Tutorial Exercises
Module/Topic
Textbook Sections 2.4.3 to 2.4.5
Chapter
Chapter 2: Engineering functions
Events and Submissions/Topic
Textbook Exercises 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5 and Week 3 Tutorial Exercises
Module/Topic
Textbook Sections 3.1 to 3.8
Chapter
Chapter 3: The trigonometric functions
Events and Submissions/Topic
Textbook Exercises 3.3, 3.4, 3.6 to 3.8 and Week 4 Tutorial Exercises
Assignment 1 Due: Week 4 Friday (4 Aug 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Textbook Sections 4.1 to 4.7
Chapter
Chapter 4: Coordinate systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Textbook Exercises 4.2 to 4.7 and Week 5 Tutorial Exercises
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Textbook Sections 9.1 to 9.9
Chapter
Chapter 9: Complex numbers
Events and Submissions/Topic
Textbook Exercises 9.2 to 9.5, 9.7, 9.9 and Week 6 Tutorial Exercises
Module/Topic
Textbook Sections 8.1 to 8.8
Chapter
Chapter 8: Matrix algebra
Events and Submissions/Topic
Textbook Exercises 8.3, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8 and Week 7 Tutorial Exercises
Module/Topic
Textbook Sections 8.9 to 8.13
Chapter
Chapter 8: Matrix algebra
Events and Submissions/Topic
Textbook Exercises 8.9 to 8.11, 8.13 and Week 8 Tutorial Exercises
Assignment 2 Due: Week 8 Friday (8 Sept 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Textbook Sections 7.1 to 7.7
Chapter
Chapter 7: Vectors
Events and Submissions/Topic
Textbook Exercises 7.2, 7.3, 7.5 to 7.7 and Week 9 Tutorial Exercises
Module/Topic
Textbook Sections 28.1 to 28.4, 28.6 to 28.7, 29.1 to 29.5
Chapter
Chapter 28: Probability and Chapter 29: Statistics and probability distributions
Events and Submissions/Topic
Textbook Exercises 28.2 to 28.4, 28.6-28.7, 29.2, 29.3, 29.5 and Week 10 Tutorial Exercises
Module/Topic
Textbook Sections 29.6 to 29.15
Chapter
Chapter 29: Statistics and probability distributions
Events and Submissions/Topic
Textbook Exercises 29.6 to 29.15 and Week 11 Tutorial Exercises
Assignment 3 Due: Week 11 Friday (29 Sept 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Revision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Revision and Week 12 Tutorial Exercises
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
Week 4 Friday (4 Aug 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 6 Friday (25 Aug 2017)
Usually within two weeks of the due date; through the unit Moodle site.
- Apply the properties of linear, quadratic, logarithmic and exponential functions to analyse and solve problems.
- Select appropriate mathematical methods, use them to investigate and solve problems, and interpret the results.
- Use mathematics as a language to communicate results, concepts and ideas in context.
- Document the solution to problems in a way that demonstrates a clear, logical and precise approach.
- Use mathematical software to visualise, analyse, validate and solve problems.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
Week 8 Friday (8 Sept 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 10 Friday (22 Sept 2017)
Usually within two weeks of the due date; through the unit Moodle site.
- Use trigonometry to solve triangles and trigonometric functions to model periodic phenomena.
- Use complex numbers, vectors and matrix algebra to develop solutions to problems.
- Select appropriate mathematical methods, use them to investigate and solve problems, and interpret the results.
- Use mathematics as a language to communicate results, concepts and ideas in context.
- Document the solution to problems in a way that demonstrates a clear, logical and precise approach.
- Use mathematical software to visualise, analyse, validate and solve problems.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
Week 11 Friday (29 Sept 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
It is envisaged that feedback and solutions will be available prior to sitting the standard examination.
A designated Team Leader, that is nominated by the group, will submit the Assignment 3 submission on behalf of the entire group.
The assignment questions are from unit content covered in Weeks 1-11. Questions are awarded full marks if they are error-free, partial marks if there are some errors, and no marks if not attempted or contain so many errors as to render the attempt to be without value. Answers to all questions should be neatly and clearly presented. Full working is required to obtain maximum credit for solutions. The final Assignment 3 mark is scaled to an assessment weighting out of 20.
A maximum of up to three (3) students are permitted to work in the group. Groups with only one member can also complete the assignment. Students should know that there is to be no across-group discussion of, or consultation on, solutions to the questions posed in this part of the assignment. Students are reminded that any evidence of plagiarism will be dealt with under the university policy.
- Select appropriate mathematical methods, use them to investigate and solve problems, and interpret the results.
- Use mathematics as a language to communicate results, concepts and ideas in context.
- Document the solution to problems in a way that demonstrates a clear, logical and precise approach.
- Communicate, work and learn together in peer learning teams where appropriate.
- Use mathematical software to visualise, analyse, validate and solve problems.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
Examination
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
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?
