Mathematics (Further)

Course summary

This course is ideal for students with an interest in mathematics who are thinking of studying for a degree in mathematics or in a subject with a strong mathematical content such as computing science, engineering or physics. It is a demanding course, requiring students to have good mathematical skills, indicated initially by having achieved a high grade at GCSE. Students must be self-starters who are prepared to undertake independent learning with teacher support. This may also include working with tutors from the Further Mathematics Support Programme. This course covers topics from Pure Mathematics such as: proof, complex numbers, matrices, further algebra and functions, further calculus, further vectors, polar coordinates, hyperbolic functions, differential equations, trigonometry and coordinate geometry. There is an optional part of the course and students will be required to answer questions from two of the three topic areas within the applied specification. Applied units consist of discrete mathematics, statistics and mechanics. The choice of units studied will be tailored to the needs of the cohort within each year group.