Master of Statistics

Testamur Title of Degree:	Master of Statistics
Abbreviation:	MStat
My University:	Statistics
Duration:	1 year full-time or part-time equivalent
Total Credit Points:	48
Delivery Mode:	On campus (Face-to-face)
Starting Session(s):	Autumn/Spring
Location:	Wollongong
UOW Course Code:	575
CRICOS Code:	016121D

Overview

This program is designed to upgrade statistical skills, and to educate the candidate to undertake advanced statistical work in industry, commerce or government, including the ability to communicate effectively with the users of their statistical skills.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

Entry to the program requires a degree equivalent to a three-year Australian Bachelor degree with a major in Statistics (or a Graduate Diploma in Statistics), or equivalent. Applicants with a tertiary qualification containing a minimum of two years of statistics may be considered.

Course Requirements

The degree will normally occupy two (2) sessions of full-time study or four (4) sessions of part-time study, and requires satisfactory completion of at least 48 credit points, as set out in the following course program.

The registration of a candidate will be subject to termination if that candidate fails subjects to the total value of 18 or more credit points.

Each candidate shall have a supervisor appointed on the recommendation of the Head of Postgraduate Studies.

Course Program

Subjects		Session	Credit Points
STAT990	Minor Project	Autumn/Spring	6
or, with the approval of the Head of Postgraduate Studies, candidates may replace STAT990 with:
STAT991	Project	Annual	12
Electives Plus at least 42 credit points (or 36 credit points if STAT991 is undertaken) chosen from the following list, as approved by the Head of Postgraduate Studies:
STAT901	Modern Inference	n/o 2013	6
STAT902	Advanced Data Analysis	Autumn	6
STAT903	Survey Design and Analysis	Spring	6
STAT904	Statistical Consulting	Autumn	6
STAT905	Time Series	n/o 2013	6
STAT906	Experimental Design	Spring	6
STAT920	Stochastic Methods in Finance	Autumn	6
STAT971	Preliminary Topics in Statistics A	Autumn	6
STAT972	Preliminary Topics in Statistics B	Autumn/Spring	6
STAT981	Advanced Topics in Statistics A	Autumn	6
STAT982	Advanced Topics in Statistics B	Spring	6
STAT983	Advanced Topics in Statistics C	n/o 2013	6
MATH907	Research Methods	Autumn	6

Or any other 900-level subjects offered in the discipline, as approved by the Head of Postgraduate Studies.

Note: The content of the subjects STAT971, STAT972, STAT980, STAT981 and STAT982 may vary each year. A list of topics that will be covered within the above subjects in a particular year will be available on the subject database. These topics include those offered by UOW staff, those from the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute Summer and Winter graduate schools and classes available remotely, via the access grid room.

In exceptional circumstances and subject to approval by the Head of Postgraduate Studies, up to two 6 credit point subjects may be replaced by other 900-level subjects of the same or greater value.

Other Information

Students who satisfactorily complete the Master of Statistics degree are eligible to apply for entry to the Masters of Science - Research (Statistics).

Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: informatics_enquiries@uow.edu.au