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Bachelor of Science Major Mathematics
Start
  • Semester 1 (February)
  • Semester 2 (July)
  • Semester 3 (November)
Flexibility
  • On-campus
  • Distance
Campus
  • Toowoomba
Duration
  • 3 years or part time equivalent
Units
  • 24 units
Approximate annual fees
  • Commonwealth supported
    AUD 8048
  • Domestic full fee paying
    AUD 16210
Entry requirements
  • OP/Rank: 15/68
Start
  • Semester 1 (February)
  • Semester 2 (July)
  • Semester 3 (November)
Flexibility
  • On-campus
  • Distance
Campus
  • Toowoomba
Duration
  • 3 years or part time equivalent
Units
  • 24 units
Approximate annual fees
  • Distance/Online
    AUD 17010
  • On-campus
    AUD 19910

What will I study?

Program structure

Courses to be studied Units
Core courses 4
plus 1 x first 8-unit Major1 8
plus 1 x second 8-unit Majorplus 4 x Electives2
or 12 x Electives2		 12
Total 24

Core courses:
CMS1000Communication and Scholarship
CSC1401Foundation Programming
MAT1101Discrete Mathematics for Computing
STA2300Data Analysis
Mathematics Major:
MAT1102Algebra and Calculus I
MAT1200Operations Research 1
MAT2100Algebra and Calculus II
MAT2409High Performance Numerical Computing
MAT3103Mathematical Modelling and Dynamical Systems
MAT3104Mathematical Modelling in Financial Economics
MAT3105Harmony of Partial Differential Equations
MAT3201Operations Research 2

Other majors

Other majors available for the Bachelor of Science are: Biology, Computing, Environment & Sustainability, Human Physiology, Information Technology, Mathematics & Statistics, Psychology, and Physical Sciences.

Footnotes

1 Second majors can be chosen from any of the other eight-unit majors defined for the Bachelor of Science, or (with the approval of the Program Coordinator) from other eight-unit majors from other undergraduate programs in the University.
Students cannot take both mathematics major and mathematics and statistics major at the same time.
2 Students majoring in Mathematics and Statistics in the Bachelor of Science program can not study these courses as electives

CSC1402
MAT1100
MAT1500
ENG1500
MAC1901
ENM1500

Students will require their Program Coordinator's approval if they wish to include MAT1000 Mathematics Fundamentals and MAT1100 Foundation Mathematics as electives towards the Bachelor of Science program majoring in Mathematics.