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Graduate Certificate in Mathematics Studies

Course code: 3525 + Course abbreviation: GradCertMathStudies + Total credit points required: 24 + 2 years part time

Study mode and course location

Off-campus (Clayton; Gippsland)

Course description

The course offers students an opportunity to deepen their understanding of mathematics topics in the context of teaching. The topics have been chosen to be the most relevant to secondary mathematics.

Entry requirements

Entry is open to registered secondary teachers or graduates who are nearing completing of a secondary teaching qualification.

Advanced standing

Students with previous studies in the discipline to be undertaken, or who have been assessed and approved for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), may be granted credit up to a maximum of 12 points of relevant science units, provided those studies were completed within the last 10 years. The normal faculty RPL policies and procedures apply to this course.

Course structure

The specific units to be taken are for a minor in mathematics, with four units in first and second-level university mathematics. The level-one units to be taken are 'Foundation mathematics' and 'Calculus and linear algebra'; the level-two units are 'Chance, data and decisions', and 'Introduction to mathematical structures'.

Students completing the Graduate Certificate in Mathematics Studies will be able to articulate into the Graduate Diploma in Science, to complete a full major in tertiary mathematics.

Course length

The normal time for completion of the certificate is two years part-time, with one unit taken in both the first and second semesters of each year. More than one unit may be taken in any semester if those units are available and all prerequisite requirements have been completed.

Contact details

Inquiries: email graduate.studies@sci.monash.edu.au or visit www.sci.monash.edu.au/postgrad/.

Course coordinator

Associate Professor Philip Rayment

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