Science Mathematics and Statistics

Advice on choosing first year Mathematics courses

2021 Orientation week at UNSW Kensington.

Each year the School of Mathematics and Statistics offers the following courses:

All the courses except MATH1041 and MATH1081 include some algebra, calculus and computing.

MATH1151 and MATH1251 Maths for Actuarial Studies and Finance is taken by and restricted to students in the Bachelor of Actuarial Studies or degrees combined with that, Commerce/Science students majoring in Finance/Mathematics and Advanced Mathematics students in the Quantitative Risk program.

Whilst students are initially enrolling only for one Term, over the whole year, students normally enrol in a pair of courses such as the one's outlined above

The Discrete Mathematics course covers other areas of mathematics that are particularly relevant for computer science but also help students to develop their ability to think mathematically and logically. MATH1081 is compulsory for students in Computer Science and Software Engineering, and is optional for all other Engineering students. In particular, it is recommended for students in Electrical, Telecom, Photovoltaic & Solar and Computer Engineering as it will help them with their Computing courses. It is also compulsory for students enrolled in a Mathematics for Education major in the BSc/BEd, any study plan (except Quantitative Risk) in Advanced Mathematics and is recommended for all other maths or stats majors. Where compulsory, MATH1081 should be included in the first year of study, but students in the basic Science program 3970 are advised to postpone MATH1081 until their second year, or in Term 3 of their first year.