Overview
In this unit, you will apply essential mathematical concepts, processes and techniques to develop mathematical descriptions and models for problems in science, engineering, business, and other disciplines. You will learn and apply the properties of linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic rules in appropriate settings and use trigonometric rules to solve relevant problems. You will also practice 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-requisite: MATH11160
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 In class, by email, through Moodle
Many students had difficulty in applying basic math operations, which was assumed prerequisite knowledge.
Consider adjustments to coverage of all math units for education students to increase the teaching time in introductory mathematics.
- 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
- Solve unfamiliar problems using foundation mathematics techniques
- Communicate results, concepts, and ideas in context using mathematics as a language.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 25% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 25% | |||||
| 3 - Take Home Exam - 50% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 - 25% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 25% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Take Home Exam - 50% | ||||||||||
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)
- Access to a printer (for printing assessment and tutorial materials)
- Access to a webcam, speaker and microphone or a headset. (For participating in Zoom lectures and tutorials.)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
c.hayes@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Review: Numbers and operations
Chapter
Chapter 1.1 ( textbook)
Week 1 reading material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 1.1 or Week 1 reading material;
Complete exercise 1.1 in textbook;
Try exercises in Week 1 reading material.
Module/Topic
Review: Algebraic expressions and operations
Chapter
Chapter 1.2 (textbook);
Week 2 reading material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 1.2 in textbook or Week 2 reading material;
Complete 1.2 exercises;
Try exercises in Week 2 reading material.
Module/Topic
Review: Factoring algebraic expressions
Chapter
Chapter 1.3-1.4 (textbook);
Week 3 reading material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 1.3 -1.4 in textbook or Week 3 reading material;
Complete 1.3-1.4 exercises;
Try exercises in Week 3 reading material.
Module/Topic
Review: Equations
Chapter
Chapter 1.5 (textbook);
Week 4 reading material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 1.5 in textbook or Week 4 reading material;
Complete 1.5 exercises;
Try exercises in Week 4 reading material.
Module/Topic
Review: Introduction to trigonometry
Chapter
Chapter 2.1 (textbook);
Week 5 reading material.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 2.1 in textbook or Week 5 reading material;
Complete 2.1 exercises in textbook;
Try exercises in Week 5 reading material.
Assignment 1 Due: Week 5 Wednesday (12 Aug 2020) 11:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Mid-Term Break
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Review: Trigonometric functions for any angles
Chapter
Chapter 2.2.1 (textbook);
Week 6 reading material.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Complete Question 1-7 in exercise 2.2 in textbook;
Try exercises in Week 6 reading material.
Module/Topic
Review: Trigonometric identities
Chapter
Chapter 2.2.2 (textbook);
Week 7 reading material.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Complete Question 8-9 in exercise 2.2 in textbook;
Try exercises in Week 7 reading material.
Module/Topic
Functions: Solving oblique triangles
Chapter
Chapter 2.3-2.4 (textbook);
Week 8 reading material.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 2.3-2.4 in textbook or Week 8 reading material;
Complete exercise 2.3 in textbook;
Try exercises in Week 8 reading material.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Chapter 3.1-3.2 (textbook);
Week 9 reading material.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 3.1-3.2 in textbook or Week 9 reading material;
Complete exercise 3.1 and 3.2 in textbook;
Try exercises in Week 9 reading material.
Module/Topic
Introduction to functions and graphs
Chapter
Chapter 4.1 (textbook);
Week 10 reading material.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 4.1 in textbook or Week 10 reading material;
Complete exercise 4.1 in textbook;
Try exercises in Week 10 reading material.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Chapter 4.2 (textbook);
Week 11 reading material.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read Chapter 4.2 in textbook or Week 11 reading material;
Complete exercise 4.2 in textbook;
Try exercises in Week 11 reading material.
Assignment 2 Due: Week 11 Wednesday (30 Sept 2020) 11:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Unit review and examination preparation
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
This is an individual assignment.
Please see the unit Moodle site for the questions in this assignment. This assignment is to test student's learning outcomes in basic algebra reviewed in Weeks 1-4. Assignment 1 will be available for download under the "Assessment" block on the unit Moodle site, together with complete instructions for online submission of your solutions to the assignment questions. Marks will be deducted for assignments which are submitted late without prior permission or adequate explanation. Assignments will receive NO marks if submitted after the solutions are released (2 weeks after the assignment submission date) but will still be counted as submitted.
Week 5 Wednesday (12 Aug 2020) 11:00 pm AEST
Extensions: Solutions to this assignment will be made available to students 2 weeks after the due date. Consequently, extension requests greater than 14 days will be denied except under exceptional circumstances.
Extensions: Solutions to this assignment will be made available to students 2 weeks after the due date. Consequently, extension requests greater than 14 days will be denied except under exceptional circumstances.
Questions are from unit content covered in Weeks 1-4. 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. The final Assignment 1 mark is scaled to an assessment weighting out of 25%. 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.
- Demonstrate foundation mathematics skills with emphasis on those areas applicable to multiple disciplines
- Formulate and analyse simple mathematical models
- Communicate results, concepts, and ideas in context using mathematics as a language.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
This is an individual assignment.
Please see the unit Moodle site for the questions in this assignment. This assignment is to test student's learning outcomes in triangles, trigonometric identities and basic geometry and inequalities, absolute equations and inequalities covered in Weeks 5-10. Assignment 1 will be available for download under the "Assessment" block on the unit Moodle site, together with complete instructions for online submission of your solutions to the assignment questions. Marks will be deducted for assignments which are submitted late without prior permission or adequate explanation. Assignments will receive NO marks if submitted after the solutions are released (2 weeks after the assignment submission date) but will still be counted as submitted.
Week 11 Wednesday (30 Sept 2020) 11:00 pm AEST
Extensions: Solutions to this assignment will be made available to students 2 weeks after the due date. Consequently, extension requests greater than 14 days will be denied except under exceptional circumstances.
Extensions: Solutions to this assignment will be made available to students 2 weeks after the due date. Consequently, extension requests greater than 14 days will be denied except under exceptional circumstances.
Questions are from unit content covered in Weeks 5-10. 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. The final Assignment 1 mark is scaled to an assessment weighting out of 25%. 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
- Solve unfamiliar problems using foundation mathematics techniques
- Communicate results, concepts, and ideas in context using mathematics as a language.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
3 Take Home Exam
You will be able to access the take home exam paper from the Moodle website for MATH11246, under the Assessment block. To complete this Take Home Exam paper, you will need access to a printer and a scanner. Completion of this take home exam paper is limited to a duration of 24 hours. This duration will allow you to:
- print the assessment
- develop solutions to the posed questions
- scan the solutions to PDF file
- upload and submit to the Term 2, 2020 MATH11246 Moodle site
The 24 hour duration is a strict deadline. Submission of this take home exam paper will not be accepted once this deadline has passed.
Your submission is subject to additional verification in the form of oral defence through interview with the Unit Coordinator (or nominee). Students who are unable to satisfactorily answer questions about their submitted solution(s) will receive no marks for those solution(s).
This is an individual assignment. Students are reminded that all aspects of work submitted are to be the results of their own personal studies.
Further details on the availability and submission of the take home exam paper will be available on the MATH11246 Moodle website.
The Take Home Exam will be scheduled during the examination period. The specific date and time to be advised via Moodle.
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 these solutions(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 those areas applicable to multiple disciplines
- Formulate and analyse simple mathematical models
- Apply theory to practical problems drawn from a range of disciplines
- Solve unfamiliar problems using foundation mathematics techniques
- 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?
