Mathematics

Head of Faculty – Mr Jim O’Carroll

Includes Maths, Maths Applied, Maths with Calculus, Maths with Modelling (Statistics)

In Mathematics and Statistics, students explore relationships in quantities, space and data and learn to express these relationships in ways that help them to make sense of the world around them.

Everyone needs to learn Mathematics. It is essential in most areas of employment. It is also a basic necessity in many other aspects of every day life. In Mathematics every student will be given the opportunity to develop their key competencies of thinking, using language, symbols and texts, managing self, relating to others and participating and contributing and use these competencies to live, learn, work and contribute.

An understanding of Mathematics helps people to develop logical approaches to procedures and arguments. A feel for Mathematics helps people to appreciate symmetry and patterns and to make sensible design decisions. Mathematics involves the ability to calculate, to estimate and to reason logically. Creativity and problem solving plays a major role in innovation, invention and scientific and technical discovery.

Skills learned and practiced in the Mathematics Curriculum can be applied across a wide range of occupations such as:
banking, accountancy, statistics, surveying, management, architecture, science, teaching, medicine, engineering, insurance, financial planning, business studies, economics, weather forecasting, trades.

All universities now require a student to have achieved 14 level 1 mathematics credits.  This should be considered when choosing a course.

Contact HOF Mathematics.