Year 10 Subject Selection - Mathematics Subjects

MATHEMATICS

S U B J E C T S E L E C T I O N S

M A T H E M A T I C S S E L E C T I O N S

The year 10 mathematics program at Footscray High School is designed to be a bridge that best supports students moving from the individualised pathways they experienced at the Junior campuses into the VCE Mathematics subjects.

The year 10 mathematics courses are structured to allow for students to work at the highest suitable level and to accommodate any necessary movement between levels. The diagram to the right shows the different courses available in year 10 and the most likely paths that students could take between them and VCE mathematics courses.

Note that year 10 students can only apply to study Mathematical Methods through the VCE application process that takes place at the end of term 2.

Y E A R 10 C O R E

Accelerated Maths Methods (VCE Units 1 & 2)

Advanced Maths

General Maths

Foundation Maths

To complement the core studies, there are two elective subjects available:

Y E A R 10 E L E C T I V E S

Bridging Maths

Advanced Algebra

PRESENTATION I N F O R M A T I O N

Core and Elective Mathematics Subjects at FHS, showing available pathways for students from year 9 to year 12

In the VCE there are five different subjects. They are best thought of not in terms of difficulty, but in terms of abstraction. In increasing order of abstraction they are:

Vocational Major: Numeracy Units 1-4

enhance their numeracy skills to make sense of their personal, public and vocational lives. Students develop mathematical skills with consideration of their local & global environments, and an awareness and use of appropriate technologies.

Units 1-4 of Foundation Mathematics

provide for the continuing mathematical development of students with respect to problems encountered in practical contexts encountered in everyday life at home, in the community, at work and in study.

Units 1-4 of General Mathematics

provide for the study of non-calculus and discrete mathematics topics. They are designed to be widely accessible and provide preparation for general employment, business or further study, in particular where data analysis, financial modelling, networks and matrices are important.

Units 1-4 of Mathematical Methods

provide for the study of elementary functions, algebra, calculus, probability and statistics, and their applications in a variety of practical and theoretical contexts. Gives a background for further study in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, humanities, economics, medicine, etc.

Units 1-4 of Specialist Mathematics

provide for the study of various mathematical structures, reasoning and proof. Includes rational and other quotient functions, graph theory, logic, complex numbers, vectors, differential equations, kinematics, and statistical inference. Gives a background for advanced studies in mathematics and other STEM fields. Requires Maths Methods as a pre- or co-requisite
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