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Mathematics Preparation Bridging Course

$ 396.00

START DATE

20 January

MODE

On Campus (Sydney)

DURATION

2 wks

COMMITMENT

30 hrs

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Meet the Expert

Steven Sullivan

Steven Sullivan
Strategic Design Practitioner

Steve is a strategic design practitioner with extensive experience in building new ventures, products, services, and practices. As Director at innovation consultancy, How To Impact, he leads design projects, innovation accelerators, innovation training, and Futures Labs, to address complex problems.

A complexity-friendly leader, Steve excels at zooming in and out—making sense of human and systems behaviour. He adeptly holds the elusive space between disciplines, reframing problems, resolving paradoxes, and negotiating values and assumptions and has a keen eye for observing the strange, missing, or broken in everyday life.

Steve holds a Master's degree in Creative Intelligence and Strategic Innovation and continues research on transdisciplinary innovation, complexity, philosophy, and experimental practices. In 2023, he was awarded the TD School Merit Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement.

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Whether learning new concepts, or in need of a refresh, this course offers an overview of the essential mathematical skills required for further studies in quantitative subjects.

About this course

The Mathematics Preparation Bridging Course is a two-week course that will enhance your knowledge of the mathematical skills essential for success in quantitative disciplines at a gentle pace that suits your mathematics background. If planning to further your studies in areas such as mathematics, statistics, or the sciences, this course will provide valuable introduction or revision of the important mathematics topics, including:

  • The academic language of mathematics
  • Pre-Calculus, including trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions, equations and simple applications
  • Calculus and its simple applications.

Key benefits of this course

This course has been designed to:

  • Provide an introduction to, or revision of, core mathematical topics, including functions, algebra and calculus
  • Strengthen your mathematical skills in preparation for continued study in quantitative disciplines.

Digital badge and certificate

A digital badge and certificate will be awarded following the successful completion of any necessary tasks or assessments to demonstrate acquired learning of the short course or for meeting attendance and/or participation requirements.

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Price

Full price: $396 (GST-free)*

*Price subject to change. Please check price at time of purchase.

Enrolment conditions

COVID-19 response 

Additional course details

Course outline

  • Delivered in person at our Sydney CBD campus, the course includes daily tutorials that include explanation of the main ideas of the considered topics
  • Across the two-week course, learners will attend for 3 hours a day for a total of 30 hours
  • Tutorials will include step-by-step guidance through solutions to typical mathematical problems.

Course learning objectives

At the end of the course, students will have an increased confidence in mathematics and be better prepared for quantitative subjects, including mathematics, statistics and science subjects. 

Requirements

  • You should also be able to download and print-out skeleton notes.

On-campus and onsite course logistics

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your first session and bring along your photo ID.

Contact us

If you have a specific question regarding UTS Maths Bridging courses, please contact Julia.Memar@uts.edu.au 

For any questions on enrolment or payment, please contact support@open.uts.edu.au

Who is this course for?

Mathematics Preparation Bridging Course is recommended for students intending to study tertiary courses with quantitative subjects and who studied Mathematics Standard 2 (formerly General Mathematics) in the HSC and have not studied Mathematics Advanced (formerly 2-Unit Mathematics) in years 11 or 12. 

IMPORTANT INFO FOR NEW UTS STUDENTS - If you have received or accepted a UTS offer, please book this course by logging into UTS Open with your UTS student email address.

Book a session

Mon 20 Jan 2025-
Fri 31 Jan 2025
Expert: Steven Sullivan
  • UTS City Campus. Click on the underlined sessions and hours total link below to reveal specific session details.
  • On Campus (Sydney)
  • 10 sessions, 30 hours total

IMPORTANT INFO FOR NEW UTS STUDENTS: If you have received or accepted a UTS offer, please book this course by logging into UTS Open with your UTS student email address. Enrolments close at 5pm, Sunday 19 January 2025 (AEDT) unless fully booked prior to this time. 

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.

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