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Specialist for Engineering

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Evolyn:

--- Quote from: mathsTeacher82 on July 31, 2020, 03:35:43 pm ---Specialist Maths would definitely help you a lot more for uni Engineering course than Further Maths would. It would also help you more with your Methods, as there is a large overlap in content between Spec and Methods.

As far as which would help your ATAR, a raw study score of 30 in Spec would be equivalent to roughly 43-44 in Further. Neither of these is easy to achieve!

If you are talking about doing Spec by Distance Ed, of course you have to also consider the pros and cons of  remote learning vs being in a physical classroom.
 

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--- Quote from: schoolstudent115 on July 31, 2020, 06:25:54 pm ---I can tell you now that specialist maths is extremely helpful for engineering. I'd assume that the first year mathematics for automotive engineering is similar if not the same as mechanical engineering. My cousin is doing mechanical engineering at university and he gave me the book for first year maths required for engineering.

A LOT of the content is covered (at least to a moderate extent) in specialists. E.g. Vectors (lots of it), complex numbers, more advanced calculus techniques, differential equations (first order in spec), kinematics, matrices (this is mostly in methods).

Here is a general outline for first year engineering maths:

* Functions and Limits (Methods would suffice for this)
Differentiation (mostly in both Methods and Spec)
Integration (more complex methods only covered in Spec)
Vectors (only in Spec)
Matrices (More in methods than spec imo)
Complex Numbers (only in Spec)
Differential Equations (only in Spec)
Surfaces and Partial Differentiation
Curves (polar curves, parametric, etc.)
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You will find that at the very least the basics of these are covered well in specialists maths (except for the last 2 on the list).

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Thank you both, those responses have seriously helped me out. I have decided not to continue with Further, but to begin Specialist next year at another school which offers it in a classroom.

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