MA1022 - Essential Maths
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Division of Tropical Environments & Societies |
In <i>Essential Maths</i>, you will develop mathematical knowledge, conceptual understanding and skills through investigative and explorative approaches to learning. These approaches provide opportunities for you to work individually, as well as collaboratively and cooperatively in teams. This subject is designed in ways that encourage you to develop positive and productive attitudes towards mathematics. You will participate in learning experiences that have relevance to you personally and to a range of work contexts and possible future study pathways. <i>Essential Maths</i> involves the study of Functional Mathematics, Financial Mathematics, Applied Geometry and Statistics.
Learning Outcomes
- Upon successful completion of this subject, you will be able to: Interpret and use appropriate mathematical terminology, symbols and conventions;
- Access, select, manipulate and apply mathematical rules, formula and procedures;
- Interpret, clarify, analyse, model and solve problems;
- Analyse, organise and communicate information via written, symbolic, pictorial and graphical forms, for different purposes and audiences;
- Justify the reasonableness of results obtained through the use of technology, and justify conclusions, solutions or propositions through logical explanations and sequences in everyday language and/or mathematical language.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students will be expected to have basic numeracy skills. |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 22-Mar-2018 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carol Conway |
| Lecturer: | jc144282. |
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| Assessment: | in-class tests (40%); written mathematical concept task (10%); learning portfolio (10%); school-administered final exam (40%). |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 23-Aug-2018 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carol Conway |
| Lecturer: | jc144282. |
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| Assessment: | in-class tests (40%); written mathematical concept task (10%); learning portfolio (10%); school-administered final exam (40%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 22-Mar-2018 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carol Conway |
| Lecturer: | Mr Dan Christian. |
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| Assessment: | in-class tests (40%); written mathematical task (10%); learning portfolio (10%); school-administered final exam (40%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 23-Aug-2018 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carol Conway |
| Lecturer: | Mr Dan Christian. |
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| Assessment: | in-class tests (40%); written mathematical concept task (10%); learning portfolio (10%); school-administered final exam (40%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 05-Apr-2018 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carol Conway |
| Lecturer: | Mr Hai Wei Ng. |
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| Assessment: | in-class tests (40%); written mathematical concept task (10%); learning portfolio (10%); school-administered final exam (40%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 02-Aug-2018 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carol Conway |
| Lecturer: | Mr Hai Wei Ng. |
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| Assessment: | in-class tests (40%); written mathematical concept task (10%); learning portfolio (10%); school-administered final exam (40%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 29-Nov-2018 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carol Conway |
| Lecturer: | Mr Hai Wei Ng. |
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| Assessment: | in-class tests (40%); written mathematical concept task (10%); learning portfolio (10%); school-administered final exam (40%). |
| Thursday Isl, Limited, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 22-Mar-2018 | |
| Face to face teaching (Limited Attendance Mode) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carol Conway |
| Lecturer: | jc144282. |
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| Assessment: | in-class tests (40%); written mathematical concept task (10%); learning portfolio (10%); school-administered final exam (40%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 05-Apr-2018 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carol Conway |
| Lecturer: | Mr Brett Vance. |
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| Assessment: | in-class tests (40%); written mathematical concept task (10%); learning portfolio (10%); school-administered final exam (40%). |
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