NSW HSC Mathematics Advanced (2 Unit)

Mathematics Advanced (2 Unit) is one of the required high school courses for many university programs. It is prerequisite course of Mathematics Extension 1. The new NESA syllabus includes the following topics:

Year 11 Topics:

• Functions

• Trigonometric Functions

• Calculus

• Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

• Statistical Analysis

Year 12 Topics:

• Functions

• Trigonometric Functions

• Calculus

• Financial Mathematics

• Statistical Analysis

For more information from the syllabus, click here.

Textbooks to choose from:

Three major textbooks are currently used in teaching Mathematics Advanced: Focus, Fitzpatrick, Cambridge. Focus helps students revise the basic concepts and build new knowledge from there, but it tends to be easier than the actual HSC questions. Cambridge focuses more on challenging mathematics concepts and theories, but some contents are byond the syllabus. In general, Fitzpatrick provides suitable level of contents for most students.