What university courses could be available?? (1 Viewer)

[ChiTea]

By studing HSC general mathematics, what are some examples of degrees or faculty areas that could be open to me in university?

Would it help to know that I have a keen attitude to learn a more deeper aspect than the general level? (would have picked up 2U if it weren't too late) eg. could i learn parts of 2U maths AS im doing a particular course in uni?

all feedback would be greatly appreciated

 

[kateemily]

u can do pretty much anything that isnt maths based. u could go into health but not medicineas that requires 2U i think. obviously courses like economics/accounting/architecture are out of the question but more design based courses and arts are usually available. some courses require atleast 2 units of maths and general maths is still 2 units of maths so as long as they dont stipulate '2 unit mathematics' and not '2 units of mathematics', from my understanding u should still be accepted, but i may be wrong

 

[Lukybear]

There are heaps of stuff, including majority of humanities including Law. Also Medicine is also avaliable depending on uni, i.e. unsw requires chem + standard english only.

 

[flightlessbird]

Since you're doing the General Math course, I'm guessing that you don't have an avid interest in Economics/Accounting/Other boring science/mathematical stuff - therefore, most of the courses that would be of interest to you, probably don't require Math. Don't worry too much about what you can/can't get into. If you do intend on doing a science/math based course at uni that requires 2U Math or Ext. 1 Math, then you could always do a bridging course.

 

[ehtefaz.hedayet]

accounting mainly

 

[Schoey93]

u can do pretty much anything that isnt maths based. u could go into health but not medicine as that requires 2U i think. obviously courses like economics/accounting/architecture are out of the question but more design based courses and arts are usually available. some courses require atleast 2 units of maths and general maths is still 2 units of maths so as long as they dont stipulate '2 unit mathematics' and not '2 units of mathematics', from my understanding u should still be accepted, but i may be wrong

That's wrong. You can do medicine without having done Mathematics Advanced. You would have to do a bridging course for JCU's Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery, because mathematics is a prerequisite, but no NSW universities have any prerequisites. UWS, USYD and UNSW all offer undergraduate medicine and only USYD has assumed knowledge of mathematics, but that is for the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Medical Science component of the combined degree they offer (unlike UWS and UNSW they do not offer a stand-alone undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery).

UWS and UNSW have chemistry as a 'recommended study' subject, but it is not assumed knowledge. Also, don't fall into the trap of thinking that you can't succeed in a course without having studied prerequisites or assumed knowledge courses. Most courses tend to be taught from the beginning. A USYD Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) student told me that neither chemistry, physics or mathematics were actually needed to succeed in the course, as everything was taught from the beginning. Prerequisites and assumed knowledge are just a way for the university to make money. They recommend you do their bridging course and you're tricked into doing it and pay big bucks for it.

 

[Schoey93]

To the OP: with General Mathematics, you can do a Bachelor of Education (Primary Education) or a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching)<-- I think CSU (Charles Sturt University) offers this degree. It is required that teacher of children aged 0 - 12 complete at least General Mathmatics and receive a Band 4 or higher (I believe you can also complete a bridging course or take Introductory Mathematics as a part of your course).

Secondary school teachers are not required to do this, even if they wish to teach mathematics! This is because you can take bridging courses or introductory mathematics subjects, or you can take a general Bachelor of Science and then specialise in mathematics by completing a Master of Science (Mathematics).

 

[Schoey93]

There are heaps of stuff, including majority of humanities including Law. Also Medicine is also avaliable depending on uni, i.e. unsw requires chem + standard english only.

Standard English is assumed knowledge and chemistry is recommended study. You can enter the course without having studied either. Of course, you have to do well in the UMAT and get an ATAR of 95.00+ to even be offered an interview. The same applies for UWS (which is where I want to go), except that if you're from Greater Western Sydney (which I think I am), you only need an ATAR of 93.00+.

 

[Shadowdude]

I think bridging courses are a waste of time unless you get in the top 1% of General Maths and/or are part of the people who "Can do 2 unit maths but didn't because of reasons varying from friends, crappy teacher, etc."

If Maths Extension 1 is needed and you did General, don't even bother.

 

[El_Juego]

Janitorial studies

 

[kevinx2]

very few universities have Mathematics as a prerequisite for any of their courses and a General student can virtually do any course they want, how well they will go though is a different matter especially for the more maths-heavy degrees

 

[Shadowdude]

Again, if a person does General - they technically can do any Maths degree they want. But let me say, if you do General, you are:

1. Probably not suited to do Maths at uni
2. Wasting your time even trying to catch up on those with MX1 and MX2 assumed knowledge
3. Also wasting your money
4. Wasting your time and money trying to catch up on 2 unit when you could've done it HSC time, this is why I always say take your higher level topics first and then drop if it's too hard.

 

[amanda14ann]

so i want to do a teaching course and done mathematics and got a band 3! because mathematics is a harder course then general and you only need a band 4 in general would my mark 69/100 band three be equivalent?