Bridging Mathematics A (MAST10025)

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Define and apply set theory concepts, standard set relations and set operations.
• Explain and analyse functions, using domain, range, composition and inverse.
• Apply core concepts in probability and combinatorics.
• Analyse discrete and continuous probability distributions, calculate probabilities and measures of central tendency and dispersion for binomial and normal distributions.
• Describe the concept of statistical inference, explain the distribution of sample statistics, and compute confidence intervals for population parameters.

Generic skills

Students who successfully complete this subject will demonstrate:

•    problem-solving skills: the ability to engage with unfamiliar problems in a variety of contexts and identify relevant solution strategies
•    numeracy skills: the ability to understand and work with numerical and symbolic representation of ideas
•    analytical skills: the ability to construct clear and logical arguments and effectively justify reasoning
•    conceptual skills: the ability to see connections across topics, to help organise thinking and frame big picture views
•    collaborative skills: the ability to work in a team and actively participate and engage collaboratively in a task
•    time-management and organisational skills: the ability to meet regular deadlines while balancing competing commitments
•    capacity for learning in a higher education environment: the ability to engage productively in active learning