AS/A Level Maths: Further Maths

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This is our top rated maths course!! You need to be enthusiastic about Maths, hard working and looking for high achievement to really benefit from taking Further Mathematics. This course will lift your understanding of Maths to a higher level, and will put you ahead in your first year at university. You must take Further Maths alongside A Level Maths. This course is for students who love Maths and who have scored at least an A in Maths at GCSE.  At Tower Hamlets College we have several years experience teaching the course, and we are host to the East London Further Maths Centre.

In AS Further Maths you will study three modules. Further Pure consists of complex numbers, vectors, matrix algebra, and further calculus. Your other two modules will be Statistics 1 and 2. We will expect you to sit the Statistics 1 exam in January.

In your A2 year you will take Further Pure 2 and Further Pure 3 plus Decision Maths 1 (see the AS/A2 Maths for details of the Decision module). If you do A level Maths and Further Maths you will end up studying all of our twelve available modules!!

Maths and Further Maths is considered a very strong combination and is highly regarded by universities. The top universities all recognise Further Maths, even for medicine. It is a very useful subject if you apply for mathematical degrees such as Engineering, Physics, Economics, or Actuarial Science. If you decide to study Maths at university, most universities will expect at least an AS in Further Maths. Other universities will give you a better offer if you have Further Maths!  We will encourage you to try the STEP papers if you're really good.

Tower Hamlets College is one of the few that can offer you the full A level in Further Maths.  We will support you at all stages of your maths journey.