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Uni Preparation

Need some help getting up to speed? If you're worried that you haven't studied the right level of maths for your uni course or think you may have forgotten your maths between the HSC and the start of uni, then the earlier you start the better. Have a look at the tuition information for First Year Uni students.

You may also want to read below if you haven't studied much maths, or have really forgotten the maths that you once knew.

Adult Learners/Maths Fundamentals

If it's been a while since you've studied maths and you're planning to do some further study (such as an undergraduate degree or MBA), then it can be a good idea to brush away some cobwebs before your course starts.

If you're pretty sure you've forgotten all the maths that you once knew, or took a lower level maths subject at high school, then you'll need some help getting up to speed. geek chick can help you with this and help you efficiently gain this knowledge.

If you've studied maths at the appropriate level, but if you haven't used it for a while then you may be feeling a bit unsure. Revision can give you confidence about entering your course so you can be up and running right from the start.

Fundamentals that geek chick can help you with include:

• fractions and percentages
• order of operations
• basic algebra
• factorisation, expanding brackets
• solving equations and simultaneous equations
• powers, surds and logarithms
• basic trigonometry
• using a scientific calculator*
• appropriate methods for setting out your solutions

You may also want geek chick to help refresh your knowledge of:

• further trigonometry (addition formulae, sine and cosine rules and trig identities)
• modelling with trig or exponential functions
• calculus (limits, differentiation and integration)
• basic probability

University Preparation Programs

Some Universities offer maths preparation or University preparation courses to potential university students (see the Adult Learners page for details of some of these). If you're enrolled in one of these courses and wish that there were more contact hours and need some extra help then you might want to attend geek chick mixed group or fundamentals courses in conjunction with the course you're enrolled in.

Have a look at what's on offer and check out how geek chick can help you get a grip on your maths.

*Note that some Universities do not allow students to use their own calculator during exams. Don't buy a scientific calculator until you know what type of calculator your Uni uses in their exams. Most Uni's use a "CASIO School Scientific Calculator" similar to the CASIO-85AU available at Big W, Tandy and Dick Smith for about $30.