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PG DIP Statistics (MAST05)     FT

2017 - 2018

 
 

Year 1


units (40 credits)
1A
A student will take

Full academic year
MAS6002  Statistical Laboratory ACAD YR 20 credits
MAS6005  Professional Skills for Statisticians ACAD YR 10 credits
MAS6006  Statistical Consultancy ACAD YR 10 credits

units (40 credits)
1B
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MAS6031  Special Topics 1 AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
MAS6032  Special Topics 2 SPR SEM 10 credits

Full academic year
MAS6003  Linear Modelling ACAD YR 20 credits
MAS6004  Inference ACAD YR 20 credits
MAS6062  Bayesian Methods & Clinical Trials ACAD YR 20 credits
MAS6062 may only be taken with the permission of the Head of Department as a replacement for MAS6004
AND

units (40 credits)
1C
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MAS6031  Special Topics 1 AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
MAS6032  Special Topics 2 SPR SEM 10 credits
MAS6071  Applied Probability SPR SEM 10 credits

Full academic year
MAS6011  Dependent Data ACAD YR 20 credits
MAS6012  Sampling, Design, Medical Statistics ACAD YR 20 credits
MAS6061  Epidemiology and Time Series ACAD YR 20 credits
a student can take unrestricted F7 units to the value of 20 credits.

MAS6061 may only be taken with the permission of the Head of Department as a replacement for MAS6011. If MAS6062 has been taken in 1B above then MAS6061 cannot be taken.


2

A student who has been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 1A, B and C above, will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics (MAST05).


3

The Examiners may recommend the award of a Postgraduate Diploma with merit or distinction.


4

A student who has been awarded sixty credits in respect of units listed at 1A,B and C above, of which twenty credits will be in respect of MAS6002, will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Statistics (MAST07); at the discretion of the examiners, the requirement that the credits awarded include MAS6002 may be waived.

 
 
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Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2017/18 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.