Graduate Diploma of Mathematics

What is this course about?

CSU's Graduate Diploma of Mathematics provides mathematical training for people who do not have a University background in mathematics. Graduates in other disciplines who need to know and use mathematics in order to progress in their careers will find the course meets their needs.

About the course

CSU's Graduate Diploma of Mathematics includes topics in Algebra and Calculus that every advanced user of mathematics needs to know. It will supplement the knowledge and skills base of the graduate who has found that their previous mathematical training is now limiting. It can provide a flexible, tailored program of study to meet the varied need of graduates in fields such as secondary education, technical, research and extension work.

The course also provides an opportunity for secondary teachers in another discipline to retrain as mathematics teachers or for current secondary mathematics teachers to upgrade their qualifications.

Subjects are taught using a range of blended learning techniques. These include distance education study materials, video-captured lectures, online meetings, subject forums and additional online subject resources. The flexible learning environment allows students to study this course by distance from anywhere in the world. In the mathematics subjects, students are introduced to a mathematical computer software program, Maple, and are encouraged to apply this when solving more advanced problems.

As with all our courses, the Graduate Diploma of Mathematics and Graduate Certificate in Mathematics are designed and delivered with study flexibility in mind. Our students choose between full-time and part-time study options to fit in with work and lifestyle commitments. You could choose to study just one subject in an academic session or, with approval, fast-track degree completion by undertaking two or more subjects per session.

Professional recognition

A secondary teacher who has completed the teaching stream of this course will have met the minimum requirements for eligibility for accreditation to teach mathematics as a second discipline in a NSW secondary school.

Workplace learning

Those students undertaking the teaching stream will need to complete EMM441 Curriculum Methods 1: Mathematics and EPT442 Professional Experience 2. In EMM441 students are required to prepare assessments that are directly relevant to mathematics teaching. In EPT 442 students must demonstrate their competence by completing a 25-day mathematics teaching professional experience in a secondary school.

Flexible offering

This course is available by distance education only and is offered across a two-session academic year with sessions commencing in February and July each year.

The Graduate Diploma of Mathematics has a minimum full-time duration of four sessions, however actual duration is dependent on subject availability and the session of commencement.

The Graduate Diploma and the Graduate Certificate make up an articulated set of courses, and credit is awarded in the Graduate Diploma for subjects completed in the Graduate Certificate.

Students may elect to exit the Graduate Diploma after completion of four specified subjects and graduate with the Graduate Certificate in Mathematics.