{"id":252,"date":"2022-10-05T03:10:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T03:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=252"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:50:30","slug":"year-11-specialist-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=252","title":{"rendered":"Year 11 &#8211; Specialist Mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Length:<\/strong>&nbsp;Single Semester (One 10 credit semester)&nbsp;<br><strong>Contact:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maths<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Leader<\/a>&nbsp;<br><strong>Recommended Background:&nbsp;<\/strong>B Grade or better in Year 10 Mathematics and teacher recommendation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Course Description<\/strong>\u00a0<br>This\u00a0additional\u00a0Semester 2 course is designed to prepare students who are considering studying Mathematical Methods and Specialist Mathematics in Stage 2. It is a vital step in the pathway to undertaking Specialist Mathematics in Year 12. This subject includes more geometric topics and complex applications of ideas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stage 1 Specialist Mathematics consists of the following topics:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vectors in a plane\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arithmetic and geometric sequences and series\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Real and complex numbers\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Subject Requirement<\/strong>\u00a0<br>A SACE approved graphics calculator is\u00a0required\u00a0for this course.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theheights.sa.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Year-7-12-Calculator-Requirements.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Years 7-12 Calculator Requirements<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<br><strong>Assessment<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Students will complete three&nbsp;structured assessment tasks&nbsp;and one&nbsp;mathematical&nbsp;investigation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<br><strong>Leads To<\/strong>\u00a0<br><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stage 2 Specialist Mathematics<\/a>\u00a0(for students\u00a0who\u00a0achieved\u00a0a\u00a0B\u00a0grade or higher)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Length:&nbsp;Single Semester (One 10 credit semester)&nbsp;Contact:&nbsp;Maths&nbsp;Leader&nbsp;Recommended Background:&nbsp;B Grade or better in Year 10 Mathematics and teacher recommendation.&nbsp; Course Description\u00a0This\u00a0additional\u00a0Semester 2 course is designed to prepare students who are considering studying Mathematical Methods and Specialist Mathematics in Stage 2. It is a vital step in the pathway to undertaking Specialist Mathematics in Year 12. This subject [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":224,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-252","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1696,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252\/revisions\/1696"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}