Students taking Specialist Methods Mathematics should have an extremely high level of achievement in Year 10 Mathematics at Level 1 or Extended. This can be taken as a minor or Major. It must be undertaken if you are doing Specialist Maths. You should have very good algebra skills to undertake this course. You cannot do Mathematical Methods and Specialist Methods at the same time.
Functions and graphs
Trigonometric functions
Counting and probability
Exponential functions
Arithmetic and geometric sequences and series
Introduction to differential calculus
The logarithmic function
Further differentiation and applications
Integrals
Simple linear regression
Discrete random variables
Continuous random variables and the normal distribution
Interval estimates for proportions