Major Overview
- Description
Mathematics is humanity's most powerful tool for comprehending the universe and is essential for many fields of modern endeavour such as science, technology, engineering and finance. It also underlies data analysis, forecasting, modelling, decision-making and problem-solving principles. Mathematicians contribute creatively to almost every aspect of modern life.
- Outcomes
Students are able to:
- apply abstract reasoning, rigour and logical deduction in mathematics
- demonstrate an understanding of axiomatic systems and the fundamentals of mathematics
- establish the truth of a mathematical statement
- write correct and convincing mathematical proofs
- apply the power of mathematics to model and understand the real world
- model real-world phenomena in the language of mathematics.
- Broadening guidelines
- All students studying towards a Bachelor's Degree at UWA are required to Broaden their studies by completing a minimum of four units (24 points) of study outside their degree specific major. Broadening is your opportunity to explore other areas of interest, investigate new disciplines and knowledge paradigms and to shape your degree to suit your own aspirations and interests. Many of you will be able to undertake more than this minimum amount of broadening study and we encourage you to do so and to pursue as many areas of interest as you can during your course of study. At the same time, we k now that many of you value the University's guidance and assistance in planning your enrolment throughout your course, so we offer the following suggestions for your consideration as possible avenues to broaden your degree. Do always remember, however, that there is no wrong way to broaden your studies as long as you complete at least four units not associated with your Degree Specific Major.
Suggested units to broaden your study area, are:
(1) PHYS1001 Physics for Scientists and Engineers
(2) PHYS1002 Modern Physics
(3) CITS1401 Computational Thinking with Python - Incompatibilities
- Courses
Mathematics can be taken as a degree-specific major in the following degree courses:
Example Study Plans
See study plans for more information.
Units
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
- N/A
- not available in 2024 – may be available in 2025 or 2026
Level 1
Degree-specific major units
Take unit(s) to the value of 6 points:
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1, S2 | MATH1011 | Multivariable Calculus |
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| S1 | MATH1013 | Mathematical Analysis |
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Degree-specific major units
Take unit(s) to the value of 6 points:
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1, S2 | MATH1012 | Mathematical Theory and Methods |
|
| S2 | MATH1014 | Algebra |
|
Level 2
Degree-specific major units
Take the following unit:
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | MATH2064 | Numerical Methods |
|
Degree-specific major units
Take unit(s) to the value of 18 points:
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | MATH2021 | Differential Equations |
|
| N/A | MATH2030 | Metric Spaces & Measure Theory |
|
| S1 | MATH2032 | Complex and Fourier Analysis |
|
| S2 | STAT2062 | Fundamentals of Probability with Applications |
|
Level 3
Degree-specific major units
Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points:
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | MATH3002 | Network Science | |
| S1 | MATH3021 | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos |
|
| S2 | MATH3022 | Scientific and Industrial Modelling |
|
| S2 | MATH3024 | Complex Systems |
|
| S1 | MATH3031 | Algebraic Structures and Symmetry |
|
| S2 | MATH3032 | Topology and Analysis |
|
| S2 | MATH3033 | Geometry |
|
| N/A | MATH3034 | Functional Analysis | |
| S1 | STAT3061 | Random Processes and their Applications |
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| S1 | STAT3062 | Statistical Science |
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| S2 | STAT3063 | Spatial Statistics and Modelling |
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| S2 | STAT3064 | Statistical Learning |