Short Courses
The School of Mathematics offers the following short courses:
- Short course - Multivariable calculus
- Short course - Linear algebra with applications
- Short course - Mathematics of uncertainty
These short courses allow you to bridge the gap in mathematical knowledge in those areas.
You will have access to learning material as well as live teaching support throughout each course.
If you are completing one or more of these short courses to meet the subject prerequisite as part of a conditional offer for the Master of Financial Mathematics, please refer to your letter of offer for details of all conditions to be met.
Enquiries: shortcourses@maths.monash.edu
Registration and Payment
- If you have received your letter of offer for the Master of FInancial Mathematics and are clear about the conditions, you can proceed with registration and payment.
- All other applicants must receive advice from the School of Mathematics before proceeding with registration and payment.
Please visit the Monash Shop to register.
Short course - Multivariable calculus
The course covers the following topics:
Functions of several variables, partial derivatives, extreme values, Lagrange multipliers. Multiple integrals, line integrals, surface integrals. Vector differential calculus; grad, div and curl. Integral theorems of Gauss and Stokes.
Duration: 5 weeks instruction + 1 week revision and examination
Mode: online with live teaching support
Next intake: 24 July 2023
Registrations close: 21 July 2023
Price: AUD$ 1,200 + GST
Refund policy: You are entitled to a full refund within 3 weeks of the intake date.
Short course - Linear Algebra with applications
The course covers the following topics:
Vector spaces, linear transformations. Determinants, eigenvalue problems, matrix decompositions. Inner products, least squares approximation. Applications to areas such as coding, economics, graph theory, Markov chains, differential equations
Duration: 5 weeks instruction + 1 week revision and examination
Mode: online with live teaching support
Next intake: 4 September 2023
Registrations close: 1 September 2023
Price: AUD$ 1,200 + GST
Refund policy: You are entitled to a full refund within 3 weeks of the intake date.
Short course - Mathematics of uncertainty
The course covers the following topics:
Introduction to probability - a mathematical treatment. Topics include: probability axioms, conditional probabilities and the law of total probability, discrete and continuous random variables, univariate and multivariate distributions, independence and conditioning, conditional distributions and conditional expectations, moment generating functions, simulation, the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem.
Duration: 5 weeks instruction + 1 week revision and examination
Mode: online with live teaching support
Next intake: 16 October 2023
Registrations close: 13 October 2023
Price: AUD$ 1,200 + GST
Refund policy: You are entitled to a full refund within 3 weeks of the intake date.