Unit Synopsis
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
| Level | Non-award |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | Not Applicable |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 1 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 50% |
| 2. Take Home Exam | 50% |
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%).
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 20.37% response rate.
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.
Source: Students
Students reported that the videos are valuable for IMU. Students found them really helpful for truly understanding mathematics.
Continue to renew videos.
The QUAD and SYLE PowerPoints were updated.
Source: Students
Zoom lectures complement the textbook examples and learning structure.
Continue to deliver Zoom lectures and Zoom support sessions.
Zoom lectures and support sessions were delivered over the 3 terms. The Zoom lectures were recorded and made available on the Moodle site.
Source: Students
The textbook content is broken up into less dense modules which makes it easy to complete.
Maintain the current structure of the modules in any further editing of the text.
Errors were corrected in the 2024 edition of the textbook.
Source: 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.
In Progress
Source: 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.
In Progress
Source: 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.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- 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.
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| 8 - Ethical Practice | • | • | |||
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