Minor: Mathematical Sciences


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Study areas

A minor is a set of related units in a particular study area. You may be able to choose one from another area of the University if your course rules allow. To find out, go to your study plan: if you have a complimentary studies option block, search using the code in brackets above the unit list and if it exists you will be able to select it on plan.

Minors consist of 48 credit points with the introductory units having no prerequisites. Later units may have earlier units as prerequisites. Depending on class timetabling it may not be possible to complete all units in a university wide minor. Consult with your course coordinator and relevant discipline coordinators prior to undertaking interfaculty studies.

Individual units completed in a university wide minor will appear on your academic transcript but it will only be recorded as a successfully completed study area if you have a). selected it as an option on your study plan and b). completed the correct number of credit points.

Course Structures

Unit Lists

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
MSBXMNR-STATS
Select 48 credit points from the Data Analysis Unit Options list:
DSB102Introduction to Machine Learning
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
MXB100
Equivalents:
MAB100,MAB120,MAB180
Introductory Calculus and Algebra
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Antirequisites:
MAB125, MZB125

Sound achievement in Senior Mathematics B (or equivalent) or MAB105 is assumed knowledge.
MXB105
Equivalents:
MAB121, PVB200
Calculus and Differential Equations
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Antirequisites:
PVB201

Specialist Mathematics or MXB100, or concurrently enrolled in MXB100.
MXB107Probability and Statistics
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1


Specialist Mathematics or MXB100, or concurrently enrolled in MXB100.
MXB241
Equivalents:
MAB314
Probability and Stochastic Modelling 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
MXB101 and MXB105
MXB242
Equivalents:
MAB414
Regression and Design
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
MXB107
MXB341
Equivalents:
MAB524
Statistical Inference
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
MXB241 or MAB314
MXB344
Equivalents:
MAB624
Generalised Linear Models
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
MXB242
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
DSBXMNR-DATASC
Select 48 credit points from the Data Science Unit Options List:
DSB101
Equivalents:
MXB262
Introduction to Data Science and Visualisation
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
DSB102Introduction to Machine Learning
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
DSB200Applied Data Science
Available for enrolment in 2027
Prerequisites:
DSB101 and DSB102 and IFB104
DSB202Data Ethics and Society
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
IFB104 and IFB105
IFB104
Equivalents:
INB104, ITB001, ITD104
Introduction to Programming
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Antirequisites:
CAB201, EGB103, EGD103
IFB105
Equivalents:
IFB130, ITD105
Database Management
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2


For PU51 students, PUB110 is the assumed knowledge for IFB105.
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
DSBXMNR-DECANA
MXB109
Equivalents:
MAB315, MXB232
Introductory Operations Research
Gardens Point
Semester 2


Specialist Mathematics or MXB100, or concurrently enrolled in MXB100
Select 36 credit points from the Decision Analytics Unit Options List:
DSB102Introduction to Machine Learning
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
MXB100
Equivalents:
MAB100,MAB120,MAB180
Introductory Calculus and Algebra
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Antirequisites:
MAB125, MZB125

Sound achievement in Senior Mathematics B (or equivalent) or MAB105 is assumed knowledge.
MXB107Probability and Statistics
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1


Specialist Mathematics or MXB100, or concurrently enrolled in MXB100.
MXB233Optimisation Modelling
Available for enrolment in 2027
Prerequisites:
MXB109 or MXB32
MXB261
Equivalents:
INB360, MAB480
Game Theory and Simulation for Decision-Making
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2


Programming experience; sound achievement in Senior Mathematics B is assumed knowledge.
Study Area Description

The minor in Mathematics will introduce you to the skills and concepts of quantitative analysis and problem-solving. 

[Not available to MA54/MS01 students]

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
Select four units from the Mathematics Minor Option List:
MXB100
Equivalents:
MAB100,MAB120,MAB180
Introductory Calculus and Algebra
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Antirequisites:
MAB125, MZB125

Sound achievement in Senior Mathematics B (or equivalent) or MAB105 is assumed knowledge.
MXB103
Equivalents:
MAB220
Introductory Computational Mathematics
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2


Specialist Mathematics or MXB100, or concurrently enrolled in MXB100.
MXB105
Equivalents:
MAB121, PVB200
Calculus and Differential Equations
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Antirequisites:
PVB201

Specialist Mathematics or MXB100, or concurrently enrolled in MXB100.
MXB106
Equivalents:
MAB112, MAB122, MAB132, PVB202
Linear Algebra
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2


Specialist Mathematics or MXB100, or concurrently enrolled in MXB100.
MXB161Computational Explorations
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
Admission to (MS01 or MV01 or MV05 or MV06 or DS01 or IX30 or SE20 or SE30 or SE40 or SE70 or ST20 or SE07 or ID29) or 48 credit points of study in current course
MXB201
Equivalents:
MAB312
Advanced Linear Algebra
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
MXB106 and (MXB102 or Admission to ST20)

MXB105 is assumed knowledge.
MXB202
Equivalents:
MAB311
Advanced Calculus
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
MXB105 and MXB106

MXB102 is assumed knowledge.
MXB225
Equivalents:
MAB413, MXB221
Modelling with Differential Equations 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
MXB105

MXB106 is assumed knowledge.
MXB322
Equivalents:
MAB613
Partial Differential Equations
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
(MXB201 and MXB202) or MXB225 or MXB221 or MAB413

MXB202 is assumed knowledge.
Note: MZB101, MXB101, MXB102, MXB107 are permitted to count towards this minor if completed in 2025 or earlier.

The following study areas have been discontinued. Students who have already commenced one of these minors will be permitted to complete it.

[Not available to MS01 students]

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
* Description: This minor aims aims to develop fundamental skills in statistical analysis and modelling, and to introduce you to applying your statistical skills and techniques to real-world problems in a variety of non-mathematical fields.
MXB101
Equivalents:
MAB210
Probability and Stochastic Modelling 1
Available for enrolment in 2025
MXB107Probability and Statistics
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1


Specialist Mathematics or MXB100, or concurrently enrolled in MXB100.
Select ONE of:
MXB241
Equivalents:
MAB314
Probability and Stochastic Modelling 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
MXB101 and MXB105
MXB242
Equivalents:
MAB414
Regression and Design
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
MXB107
Choose one unit (12 credit points) from the Unit Options list:
MZB101
Equivalents:
MAB105
Modelling with Introductory Calculus
Last offered in 2023


Sound Achievement in Queensland Year 12 Mathematics A or B (or equivalent) is assumed knowledge.
(NOTE: MZB101 must be completed for students without HA or higher in Senior Mathematics B)
MXB100
Equivalents:
MAB100,MAB120,MAB180
Introductory Calculus and Algebra
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Antirequisites:
MAB125, MZB125

Sound achievement in Senior Mathematics B (or equivalent) or MAB105 is assumed knowledge.
(NOTE: MXB100 must be completed for students without HA or higher in Senior Mathematics C)
MXB105
Equivalents:
MAB121, PVB200
Calculus and Differential Equations
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Antirequisites:
PVB201

Specialist Mathematics or MXB100, or concurrently enrolled in MXB100.