Program Overview

Mathematics Fundamentals NSMAT 10

This is a short, intensive course taught on Saturdays and sometimes an odd Sunday in a workshop environment. Most of the time, students will be working together collaboratively, either as a class or in groups, but sometimes there will be lectures.

Course Description

Mathematics Fundamentals is a great way to build skills and confidence. Before enrolling in this course, students will be required to sit a maths assessment.

Assessment

Students will complete two assignments and sit an end-of-course test.

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed the course, students will be able to:

• Approach further mathematics courses with increased skills
• Understand the order of operations and factors
• Understand algebra and how it relates to expanding, factorising, fractions, and equations
• Confidently manipulate equations and rearrange formulas
• Gain confidence and speed with metric conversions, ratios, percentages
• Change numbers by rounding and converting to standard form
• Understand index laws/powers
• Grasp basic geometry of rectangles, triangles, and circles
• Understand how line equations relate to their graphs

Course Dates

The 2026 Summer School course dates are to be announced.

Faculty Information

The course is offered by the Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics.