Mathematics Preparation for University NSMAT 14
Do you wish to gain admission to the University of Auckland by way of the New Start programme? This course, together with New Start General, will qualify you to apply for Undergraduate degrees in Business and Economics, Design, Urban Planning and Science (all majors excluding Biomedical Science, and Food Science & Nutrition).
You'll explore a variety of topics of everyday interest, with the aim of clarifying the underlying mathematics and statistics.
Note that you will be required to sit an in-person entry assessment for entry into this course. For more information, please visit Foundation entry assessment: https://uoa.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3331/~/foundation-entry-assessment
2026 Semester Two
- Closing date for online applications: 26 June 2026
- See Important dates for more information.
Assessment
During the course, you'll complete three assignments and sit an end-of-course test.
Learning outcomes
Having successfully completed this course, you'll be able to:
- Expand and factorise quadratic expressions, as well as solve and graph quadratic equations
- Understand the basic idea of functions and inverses
- Analyse statistical data with scatter graphs, bar graphs, stem-and-leaf plots and boxplots
- Understand the terms mean and standard deviation
- Use the normal distribution to make predictions and estimations