Overview
Intermediate Mathematics for University is designed to follow on from a study of introductory mathematical concepts, such as Fundamental Mathematics for University, preparing you for Technical Mathematics for University and/or undergraduate courses requiring an intermediate level of mathematics. You will complete core and elective modules, chosen according to your future study plans, including simultaneous equations; inequalities and absolute values; quadratic equations; logarithms; functions; geometry; trigonometry; variation, ratio, and proportion; sequences and series; statistics and standard deviation; probability; financial mathematics; and annuities.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
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 - 2025
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 Non-award 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 Students
Some students struggled with the scanning of theTake Home Exam. The current physical length is up-to 35 pages.
Consider reducing the physical length of the exam paper without compromising the volume of content or learning outcomes.
Feedback from Student evaluations
Students highly value the delivery of the unit – the Moodle site and variety of resources available, especially the handwritten solutions and instructional videos.
Continue to enhance the resources available to students, increasing the amount of handwritten solutions and instructional videos.
Feedback from Staff
Common mistakes made by students in the module reviews.
Record the common mistakes made in the first module review, and use this to enhance support to students.
- Use available resources to select and apply appropriate intermediate bridging mathematics techniques to correctly solve problems
- Adopt mathematics as a language to logically communicate solutions
- Reflect on assessment feedback to improve mathematical comprehension
- Implement appropriate revision techniques and strategies to improve the retention and recall of content
- Recall, select and apply appropriate intermediate bridging mathematics procedures to correctly solve problems.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | |||||
| 2 - Take Home Exam - 50% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Self Management | |||||
| 2 - Communication | |||||
| 3 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 4 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 5 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 6 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 7 - Cross-Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical Practice | |||||
| 9 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Take Home Exam - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
STEPS MATH40228 Intermediate Mathematics for University
- Edition: 9 (2024) (2024)
- Authors: Sharon Cohalan
- CQUniversity
- ISBN: N/A
The textbook for Intermediate Mathematics for University (MATH40228) is divided into two separate publications, "CORE Weeks 1-8" and, "CORE and STREAM Weeks 9 - 11". Both publications are available on the unit Moodle site and can be downloaded as combined PDF files or individual modules. We advise you to print your own copy of the modules or textbook. You will need a hard copy to complete activities and take notes. The textbooks cannot be purchased from the CQUniversity Bookshop. Your Access Coordinator can provide you with advice on printing options.
The textbook for Intermediate Mathematics for University (MATH40228) is divided into two separate publications, "CORE Weeks 1-8" and, "CORE and STREAM Weeks 9 - 11". Both publications are available on the unit Moodle site and can be downloaded as combined PDF files or individual modules. We advise you to print your own copy of the modules or textbook. You will need a hard copy to complete activities and take notes. The textbooks cannot be purchased from the CQUniversity Bookshop. Your Access Coordinator can provide you with advice on printing options.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Computer- ability to access study materials, including instructional videos & upload assessment. Printer for printing assessment. Scanner or equivalent for uploading assessment.
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
a.dekkers@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 10 Nov 2025Module/Topic
SYLE Systems of Linear Equations
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Begin Date: 17 Nov 2025Module/Topic
IEAB Inequalities & Absolute Values
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 3
Begin Date: 24 Nov 2025Module/Topic
QUAD Quadratic Equations
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
SYLE/IEAB Module Review
Due Monday 24 November 2025 at 9AM AEST
Week 4
Begin Date: 01 Dec 2025Module/Topic
QUAD Quadratic Equations
GEOM Introductory Geometry
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 5
Begin Date: 08 Dec 2025Module/Topic
GEOM Introductory Geometry
LOGS Logarithms
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 6
Begin Date: 15 Dec 2025Module/Topic
LOGS Logarithms
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
QUAD/GEOM Module Review
Due Monday 15 December 2025 at 9AM AEST
The date and time of the Take Home Exam will be made available on the unit Moodle site, approximately six weeks before the Take Home Exam period.
Break Week
Begin Date: 22 Dec 2025Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Break Week
Begin Date: 29 Dec 2025Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 7
Begin Date: 05 Jan 2026Module/Topic
TRIG Introductory Trigonometry
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 8
Begin Date: 12 Jan 2026Module/Topic
VRAP Variation, Ratio and Proportion
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
LOGS/TRIG Module Review
Due Monday 12 January 2026 at 9AM AEST
Week 9
Begin Date: 19 Jan 2026Module/Topic
SEQR Sequences and Series
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 10
Begin Date: 26 Jan 2026Module/Topic
STSD Statistics and Standard Deviation
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
SEQR/VRAP Module Revie
Due Tuesday 27 January 2026 at 9AM AEST
Week 11
Begin Date: 02 Feb 2026Module/Topic
FUNC Introduction to Functions
OR
FINM Financial Mathematics
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 12
Begin Date: 09 Feb 2026Module/Topic
Review
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
STSD/FUNC Module Review
OR
STSD/FINM Module Review
Due Monday 9 February 2026 at 9AM AEST
Exam Week
Begin Date: 16 Feb 2026Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Take Home Exam
The exact date and time of the Take Home Exam will be made available on the unit Moodle site approximately six weeks before the Take Home Exam period.
1 Written Assessment
In this unit you will complete ten modules - nine CORE and one ELECTIVE - provided from the MATH40228 Moodle site. Your ELECTIVE module can be chosen according to the available streams:
- Technical Stream - FUNC. This stream must be completed if you are required to complete MATH40252 Technical Mathematics for University.
- Science Stream - FUNC.
- Education Stream - FINM.
- Business Stream - FINM.
At the conclusion of the nominated modules you must complete the appropriate corresponding Module Review (as outlined in the unit profile schedule). The Module Reviews are available from the MATH40228 Moodle site and must be submitted via Moodle for marking and feedback.
The Module Reviews are completed as assignments - no supervision is required and you may use your resources to assist you in completing them. The purpose of the Module Reviews is to allow your lecturer and yourself to monitor your progress throughout the term, providing support and preparation for the examination. You should use the Module Reviews to identify any concepts that require further review.
Module reviews are due on the Monday of the week specified in the unit profile schedule.
Module Reviews will be returned and feedback provided, via the MATH40228 Moodle site, usually within one (1) week from the due date or submission date, whichever is later.
Marks will be awarded for:
- using appropriate setting out as per the resources on the Moodle site
- following correct mathematical protocols taught in this unit
- showing all correct steps in the solution
- answering the questions asked, where appropriate
- finding the correct answer.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
- Use available resources to select and apply appropriate intermediate bridging mathematics techniques to correctly solve problems
- Adopt mathematics as a language to logically communicate solutions
- Reflect on assessment feedback to improve mathematical comprehension
- Implement appropriate revision techniques and strategies to improve the retention and recall of content
- Self Management
- Communication
- Information Literacy
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Ethical Practice
2 Take Home Exam
The Take Home Exam will be made available via Moodle. It is anticipated that the exam should take approximately three hours to complete. You will be given a 12-hour timeframe to access and download the exam from the unit Moodle site, complete it and upload it back into Moodle. This 12 hour period will allow you to use more than three hours to complete the exam should you need it. The Take Home Exam covers material from all nine CORE modules AND the one Elective you choose to study within the unit. The Take Home Exam is an unsupervised assessment item and you are required to do your own work, maintaining academic integrity with all honesty.
The Take Home Exam is to be uploaded as one (1) pdf file via the ASSESSMENT link on the MATH40228 Moodle site. Late submissions are not accepted. Students who have a deferred assessment approved will be given a different version of the Take Home Exam to complete on a revised due date and time.
The date and time of the Take Home Exam will be made available on the unit Moodle site approximately six weeks before the Take Home Exam period. This assessment must be submitted by the specified due date and time. Due to the nature of this task, the standard 72-hour grace period does not apply.
Take Home Exam marks will be made available to students via the unit Moodle site on the day grades are released for the term (Certification of Grades).
Marks will be awarded for:
- using appropriate setting out as per the resources on the Moodle site
- following correct mathematical protocols taught in this unit
- showing all correct steps in the solution
- answering the questions asked, where appropriate
- finding the correct answer.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
- Adopt mathematics as a language to logically communicate solutions
- Reflect on assessment feedback to improve mathematical comprehension
- Implement appropriate revision techniques and strategies to improve the retention and recall of content
- Recall, select and apply appropriate intermediate bridging mathematics procedures to correctly solve problems.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- 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?
