Academic Programs

To prepare quality teachers of mathematics for Papua New Guinea and South Pacific high Schools. The B.Ed will focus on the training of teachers for Grades 9 to 12 though there is high demand now for grades 7 and 8 teachers. The Department also has a Research Center in Ethnomathematics (Cultural Mathematics) which conducts research, stores and disseminate knowledge on Ethnomathematics. The Department administers the two Computer Laboratories both IBM. One is an open student lab and the other is a teaching lab. The Department also offers courses in Computing/Information Technology for both undergraduates and postgraduates.

List of Stands and Courses on Offer

List of Stands

1. General or function courses
2. Analytic Geometry and Calculus
3. Probability and Statistics
4. Abstract Foundations
5. History of Mathematics
6. Information Technology
7. Computer Studies
8. Seminars/Individual Projects
9. Curriculum and Instruction

Courses on Offer

GRT 101 Information Technology
GMA 111 Mathematical Functions
GMA 112 Analytical Geometry
GMA 201 Basic Mathematics
GMA 202 Mathematics for Social Science
GMA 203 Mathematics for Agriculture
GMA 211 Calculus
GMA 222 Introductory Statistics
GMA 291 Methods of Maths Teaching
GMA 292 Curriculum & Assessment in Maths Educ.
GMA 331 Algebraic Structures
GMA 332 Geometry
GMA 333 Set Theory and Logic
GMA 341 History of Mathematics
GMA 361 Computers & Society
GMA 391 Psychology of Maths Learning
GMA 401 Maths for Business and Economics
GMA 411 Multivariate Calculus
GMA 421 Probability
GMA 423 Operations Research
GMA 451 Information Technology in Education & Training

Staff of Department