MA4026 - Statistics Part-Time Honours Part 2 of 4

Available to graduates who have reached a satisfactory standing in mathematics or statistics at this university. Graduates from other universities with equivalent qualifications will be considered for acceptance. Except with the approval of the Head of School/Associate Dean, all subjects in a chain must be studied in consecutive teaching periods.

Areas of research emphasis are statistics and intelligent data analysis. The honours year is primarily a preparation for students wishing to undertake a research higher degree.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to carry out a substantial piece of research and write a dissertation;
• ability to formulate and solve research problems;
• to understand theoretical concepts in a broad range of topics which give background to the research project.

Subject Assessment

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.