Course coordinator: Associate Professor Neil Cameron
Course objectives
This course is designed for students interested in mathematics and computing and in particular, those students who wish to pursue a career in these fields or in other fields where mathematics and computing form a significant component.
The structure of the course allows students the option either to study mathematics intensively with the aim of developing knowledge and skills to lead to further mathematics study at the honours level and beyond, or to combine mathematics and computing and qualify then for further study in either discipline area.
The subjects taken at each level are designed to encourage students to obtain an expert knowledge in particular areas of mathematics and computing prior to advancing to a higher level.
Apart from the emphasis on mathematics and computing, the course allows for students to study in other areas (eg biomedical science, economics, environmental science, languages, law, philosophy), subject to entry or quota requirements of any relevant faculty.
The objective is to equip successful students with advanced mathematical and computational skills which will enable them to progress further in areas of research involving mathematics and computing, or in related fields such as economics, engineering or environmental science.
Duration
The course will normally be completed in three full-time years. Lectures are held during the day at Clayton campus.
Course structure
Students wishing to take subjects outside the following course structure may be given permission to do so by the head of the Department of Mathematics, provided that the subjects to be take form a coherent package and conform to the Bachelor of Science regulations.
First year (48 points)
* MAT1010 Mathematics I
* MAT1020 Mathematics II, and
* MAT1372 Mathematical statistics (eighteen points);
* At least one of MAT1130 Graphs, logic and numbers and MAT1240 Mathematics of chaos and fractals (six points each) but both are recommended;
* The remaining subjects must conform to the BSc regulations (twenty-four points) except that the requirement to take laboratory based subjects is waived.(Students in the computing stream must select CSC1011 Computer science and CSC1030 Computer science from this category.)
Second year (48 points)
* MAT2010 Functions of several variables, and
* MAT2020 Linear mathematics (eight points);
* At least four other appropriate second-year subjects from applied mathematics, pure mathematics or mathematical statistics (four points each);
* The remaining subjects must conform to BSc regulations (twenty-four points). (Students in the computing stream must select CSC2020 Science of programming and CSC2050 Software engineering I (eight points), together with at least two of CSC2010 Computer architecture, CSC2020 Operating systems and CSC2030 Foundations of computing (four points each) from this category.)
Third year (48 points)
* At least six third-year subjects from applied mathematics, pure mathematics or mathematical statistics (four points each);
* The remaining subjects must conform to BSc regulations (twenty-four points). (Students in the computing stream must take six computer science subjects from this category (twenty-four points).
For those students who wish to concentrate their studies in mathematics, it is possible to take five of the required eight first-year subjects and all of the required twelve subjects in each of second and third year in mathematics.