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





