Mathematics (Further)

Course summary

Further Maths goes into much more breadth and depth. For the compulsory units of Core Pure, students study further proof, complex numbers, matrices, further algebra and functions, further calculus, further vectors, polar coordinates, hyperbolic functions and differential equations. There are then the optional units that the school choose which are Further Mechanics and Further Pure 1. Some universities require Further Mathematics for particular courses but even those where it is not required, it is extremely desirable. Students studying Further Mathematics must also study A Level Mathematics. Therefore, Mathematics will be studied in two option blocks and will lead to two separate A Levels. For particularly able mathematicians, this could be considered as a fourth subject and we can also discuss the potential of taking this as an AS level.