I am a student currently studying year 11 in the ACT. I have completed year 10 in QLD and previously attended school in NSW as well. As part of my chosen senior subjects in QLD, I had chosen two maths subjects but since moving to the ACT have been informed that I can only study one maths subject. I have chosen to do Specialist Maths here but had chosen to do Maths B (compulsory) and Maths C (elective also known as 4 Unit Maths). To my understanding it would be possible for me to complete two maths subjects in NSW as well e.g. Maths Extension 1 and 4 Unit Maths. I was told by the guidance officer doing my subject selections that there are no replacements for Maths C. I was just wondering if this was true and if there was a better subject selection I could make?
Not really. In NSW there are 4 levels of maths:
General
Advanced
Maths Extension 1
Maths Extension 2
You either choose General or Advanced:
General is definitely not your level maths (junior year math and can't do Extensions if you choose this one)
Advanced is basically Maths B without so much statistical stuff (Need to do this to be able to do Maths Extension 1 and Maths Extension 2)
If you choose Advanced:
Extension 1 is the harder parts of Maths B and the simpler parts of Maths C (You do it in Year 11 and 12 in conjunction with Advanced)
Extension 2 seems very similar to Maths C (Is only taught in year 12)
If you do Extension 2, you still need to learn the Advanced maths content but you will only be tested on Extension 1 & 2
You must do Extension 1 to do Extension 2.
I think you made the right subject selection and I think they're the subjects you want. Hope this makes sense and is actually what you asked.
All the best
