Leveling Course. Applied Mathematics Contents. Orihuela Campus (Salesas)

1 June 2026

Check the contents for the Applied Mathematics leveling course taught at the Orihuela campus (Salesas).

Units:

  • Session 1. Introduction to
    Mathematical Notation / Basic Operations, Order of Operations / Operations with Fractions / Proportions / Rule of Three / Logic in Proofs
  • Session 2. Equations.
    Solving equations with 1 variable / Quadratic equations / Systems of equations
  • Session 3. Representation of functions.
    Coordinate axes, representation of points on the plane / Generalities: representation of functions of 1 variable /Representations of lines /Representations of quadratic functions (parabolas). /Exponential functions /Logarithmic functions.
  • Session 4. Matrices.
    Operations with Matrices: Addition, Multiplication / Determinants
  • Session 5. Derivatives of 1 variable
    Immediate derivatives / Linearity of derivatives / Product and quotient derivatives / Chain derivative
  • Session 6. Integrals
    Indefinite integral / Definite integral
  • Session 7. Descriptive Statistics
    Basic Concepts: Population, Sample, Descriptive, Statistical Inference, etc. /Types of variables: Qualitative and Quantitative (Discrete and Continuous)/ Measures of Central Tendency and Measures of Dispersion/ Construction of Frequency Tables/ Grouped Data
  • Session 8. Statistical Graphs
    : Discrete Qualitative and Quantitative Variables: Bar Chart, Pie Chart/ Other graphs/ Continuous Variables: Line Chart, Histogram/ Other graphs
  • Session 9. Probability
    Introduction to Combinatorics/ Experiments and Random Events/ Operations with Events: Union, Intersection, etc./ Definition of Probability: Laplace’s Rule/ Properties of Probability/ Conditional Probability/ Theorem of Total Probability/ Bayes’ Theorem.
  • Session 10. Some Probability Distributions:
    Probability Function/ Density Function/ Properties/ Introduction to the Binomial Distribution/ Introduction to the Normal Distribution

Faculty:

  • Pedro Campillo Herrero
  • Mari Carmen Perea Marco
  • Nuria Ramón Escolano