Mathematics

Course summary

During this course, you will learn to extend your knowledge of algebra and geometry from GCSE and explore how mathematics can be applied in the real world. Areas which you will cover include: New topics such as coordinate geometry, series, differentiation and integration, all of which are highly algebraic and are an excellent introduction to Mathematics at a higher level. Branching further into pure Mathematics with topics such as logarithms and exponentials, radian measures and higher-level trigonometry. More complex pure Mathematics including trigonometric proofs, further differentiation and integration as well as numerical methods for finding solutions. Further and more complex work on coordinate geometry as well as vectors in 3D. Lots of the Mathematics studied in earlier core modules are linked together here. Mechanics: Mechanics introduces students to Mathematical modelling of everyday experiences, like driving a car, throwing a ball up in the air, walking across a bridge and playing snooker. To be successful in this area you need to be able to visualise a situation and simplify the forces acting on different parts of it. You will have a better understanding of how the physical world operates and how to use Mathematics to predict what will happen next following this module. Statistics: Using statistics, you will also get to interpret measures of central tendency and variation extending to standard deviation. You will also understand and use simple and discrete probability including the binomial and normal distributions.