These Mathematics Specialist courses provide opportunities beyond those presented in the Mathematics Methods ATAR courses to develop rigorous mathematical arguments and proofs and to use mathematical models more extensively. Mathematics Specialist contains topics in functions and calculus that build on and deepen the ideas presented in the Mathematics Methods course and demonstrate their application in many areas. The Mathematics Specialist course also extends understanding and knowledge of statistics and introduces the topics of vectors, complex numbers and matrices. Mathematics Specialist is the only ATAR mathematics course that should not be taken as a stand-alone. It is recommended to be studied in conjunction with the Mathematics Methods ATAR course as preparation for entry to specialised university courses such as engineering, physical sciences and mathematics.
Source – Western Australia School Curriculum and Standards Authority 2023
1.2 Combinatorics
1.3 Vectors in the plane
2.2 Matrices
2.3 Real and complex numbers
3.2 Functions and sketching graphs
3.3 Vectors in three dimensions
4.2 Rates of change and differential equations
4.3 Statistical inference