Year 11 Course Handbook 2021 | Page 12

Mathematics Specialist (ATAR) Course Outline Mathematics Specialist is an ATAR course which provides opportunities, beyond those presented in the Mathematics Methods ATAR course, to develop rigorous mathematical arguments and proofs, and to use mathematical models more extensively. The Mathematics Specialist ATAR course contains topics in functions and calculus that build on and deepen the ideas presented in the Mathematics Methods ATAR course, as well as demonstrate their application in many areas. This course also extends understanding and knowledge of statistics and introduces the topics of vectors, complex numbers and matrices. The Mathematics Specialist course is the only ATAR Mathematics course that cannot be taken as a stand-alone course – it must be accompanied by Mathematics Methods (ATAR). Prerequisites • STRIVE Mathematics or an A grade in Year 10 Advanced Mathematics. Contact: Mr Peter Orriss Head of Mathematics Faculty [email protected] 12