Mathematical Studies

Course summary

The course is long and demanding and should not be taken lightly; up to half of the material is beyond A-Level and so would not normally be encountered until undergraduate level. The course requires students to study a broad range of mathematical topics through a number of different approaches and to varying degrees of depth. Calculus forms a larger part of this course as does the study of mathematical functions and Statistics is studied both as a compulsory element and sometimes as the option. Students embarking on this course should be intellectually equipped to appreciate the links between parallel structures within the different topic areas of Mathematics. The majority of students taking HL will be expecting to include Mathematics as a major component of their university studies. Students wishing to specialise in Mathematics at university must seek further advice from the Head of Mathematics.