Department of Mathematics
Stage 1 courses
Your first year undergraduate courses will give you a broad understanding of Mathematics.
MATHS 101 and the General Education Mathematics course, MATHS 101G, are taught as a single course. They aim to build confidence using mathematics while demonstrating the role mathematics plays in understanding and guiding human activity. The course is taught thematically and students experience how fundamental mathematical ideas occur in modeling diverse features of our society, such as our environment (eg, air pollution) or medicine (eg, burns, drugs dosages).
Restrictions
MATHS101/101G may be taken with or after MATHS190/190G. It may not be taken with or after any other mathematics course at Stage 1 or above. MATHS101/101G is not available for students who have 12 credits or more in mathematics NCEA Level 3, or who have passed Cambridge Mathematics A with an E or better, or Cambridge Mathematics AS with a B or better, or who have passed International Baccalaureate Mathematics, or equivalent.
Recommended preparation
For students who have not studied mathematics at NCEA level 3 (or equivalent) or have no formal mathematical background. This course may not be taken with or after any other mathematics course at Stage I or above.
Availability: Semester 2 City Campus, Semester 2 Manukau Campus (S2 C, S2 M)
Points: 15
Coordinator: Caroline Yoon
This introduction to calculus focuses on the development of mathematical skills and concepts leading up to calculus, through active participation in problems that model real life. Prepares students for further study in Mathematics.
Prerequisites
The course is intended for those students who have studied mathematics to at least Year 12 level but whose achievement is insufficient for entry into the standard Stage 1 courses MATHS 108: General Mathematics 1/MATHS 150 Advancing Mathematics 1
Restrictions
MATHS 102 may not be taken with or after any other Mathematics course at Stage I or above, except MATHS 101/101G or MATHS 190/190G.
Recommended Preparation
For students who have achieved fewer than 12 credits in calculus or statistics at NCEA Level 3, or who have achieved at least 18 credits in mathematics at NCEA Level 2 (or equivalent) and fewer than 12 credits in calculus or statistics at NCEA Level 3.
Availability: SS C, S1 C, S2 C
Points: 15
Coordinator: Garry Nathan
A general entry to Mathematics for commerce and the social sciences, following Year 13 Mathematics. MATHS 108 covers selected topics in algebra and calculus and their applications, including: linear functions, linear equations and matrices; functions, equations and inequalities; limits and continuity; differential calculus of one and two variables; integral calculus of one variable.
Restrictions
ENGSCI 111, MATHS 153, 208, 250, PHYSICS 111. May not be taken with, or after MATHS 150.
Prerequisites
MATHS 102 or at least 12 credits in Achievement Standards in NCEA Level 3 Calculus, or at least 18 credits in Achievement Standards NCEA Level 3 Statistics and Modelling including standard 90644 Solving Equations. Alternative prerequisites include a D or better in CIE A2 Mathematics or a C or better in CIE AS Mathematics, or 3 out of 7 in IB Mathematics.
Availability: SSC, S1C, S2C
Points: 15
Coordinator: Julia Novak
The gateway to further mathematics courses for students intending to major in mathematics, statistics, physics, economics, finance or mathematical biology. It gives an introduction to the use of careful mathematical language and reasoning in the context of calculus of functions of a single variable and of linear algebra in finite dimensional spaces. Recommended preparation for MATHS 250.
Prerequisites
B- in MATHS 108, or A- in MATHS 102, or 18 credits in NCEA Mathematics with Calculus including at least 6 credits at merit or excellence, or B in CIE A2 Mathematics, or equivalent.
Restrictions
MATHS 153, ENGSCI 111, PHYSICS 111 are restricted
Availability: S1C, S2C
Points: 15
Coordinator: Wendy Stratton
