Undergraduates Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Discrete Mathematics and Operations Research Specialisation

The specialisation in Discrete Mathematics and Operations Research gives students a firm foundation in two areas of mathematics and statistics:

  • Discrete Mathematics, the study of algorithmic development including the programming of the most efficient mathematical solutions, has arisen from the huge revolution in computing in recent decades.
  • Operations Research provides a scientific approach to decision making. It involves formulating mathematical models of these problems, and developing mathematical tools to obtain solutions.

In the first three semesters of your degree your program depends upon your studies and results at VCE level. In semesters 4 to 6 students do a common course.

 
≥38 in VCE Specialist Mathematics 3/4
27 to 39 in VCE Specialist Mathematics 3/4
≥25 in VCE Mathematical Methods 3/4 and no (or <27 in) Specialist Mathematics 3/4
Semester 1
Accelerated Mathematics 1(or Mathematics 1 in 2008)
Calculus 2
Calculus 1
Semester 2
Accelerated Mathematics 2(or Mathematics 2 in 2008)
Linear Algebra
Calculus 2
Linear Algebra**(see note)
Semester 3
Multivariable & Vector Calculus
Real Analysis with Applications
Real Analysis with Applications
Probability
Probability or
Probability for Statistics
Probability or
Probability for Statistics
Semester 4
Discrete Mathematics & Operations Research
Semester 5 Complex Analysis
at least 1 of
 Techniques in Operations Research

Graph Theory

Semester 6 Decision Making Stochastic Modelling
Discrete Mathematics

Note:
** It is recommended that Linear Algebra is completed either in Semester 2 of first year or in Summer Semester at the start of second year.

 

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