Junior Mathematics and Statistics

This site contains information on Junior Mathematics at the University of Sydney. Each unit of study has its own web page; links to these pages are given in the table below.

Contact details

General and administrative enquiries about Junior units of study should be directed to the School of Mathematics and Statistics Student Office, located on level 5 of the Carslaw Building (Room 520, opposite the lifts).

Phone number: 9351 5787.
Email: firstyear@maths.usyd.edu.au.
Students: Please give your name and SID in your email message. Anonymous messages will not be answered.

The Director of First Year Studies in the School of Mathematics and Statistics is Sandra Britton (Carslaw 534).

Enquiries about details of a particular unit of study should be directed to the lecturer for that unit, who can be contacted by email if necessary. For further information, follow the link below to the web page for the relevant unit.

Basic important information

• There is a Frequently Asked Questions page. If there is something you want to know, check there first!
• Every enrolled student should obtain a copy of the Junior Mathematics and Statistics Handbook, which contains all important information relating to Junior Mathematics and Statistics. The handbook for 2008 is available from the School of Mathematics and Statistics Student Office, and is also provided online as a pdf file.

  Click here for the 2009 Junior Mathematics and Statistics Handbook

(To view pdf files you need to install Acrobat Reader, available free from Adobe.)

Further important information

• Be aware of the rules and procedures concerning applications for special consideration and special arrangements for assessment.
• Be aware of the University's plagiarism policy.
• Download an assignment cover sheet. Such a cover sheet must be attached to every assessable assignment you hand in.
• Enter the annual SUMS Problem Competition, open to all undergraduates at any Australian university or tertiary institution. There are prizes!

For many junior mathematics exams, students are not allowed to take their own calculators into the examination room: instead, calculators are supplied. These university supplied exam calculators are Casio's model fx-85MS, and very similar to other Casio calculators. If you want to check out the University supplied calculator before your exam, ask the Student Centre to show you one. You may also look at the picture of the calculator, and, if you wish, the manual.

Units of Study

Advanced Units
First Semester	Second Semester
MATH1901 Differential Calculus (Advanced) MATH1902 Linear Algebra (Advanced) MATH1906 Mathematics (Special Studies Program) A	MATH1903 Integral Calculus and Modelling (Advanced) MATH1905 Statistics (Advanced) MATH1907 Mathematics (Special Studies Program) B
Normal Units
First Semester	Second Semester
MATH1001 Differential Calculus MATH1002 Linear Algebra	MATH1003 Integral Calculus and modelling MATH1004 Discrete Mathematics MATH1005 Statistics*
Fundamental Units
First Semester	Second Semester
MATH1011 Life Sciences Calculus MATH1015 Biostatistics*	MATH1013 Life Sciences Difference and Differential Equations MATH1014 Introduction to Linear Algebra (Will not be offered in the Summer School in 2009. Summer School students should take Math1002.)
Other Units (not available to all students)
First Semester	Second Semester
MATH1111 Introduction to Calculus STAT1021 General Statistical Methods 1