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MSC Statistics with Financial Mathematics (MAST12)     DL

2017 - 2018

 
 

Year 1


STUDENTS SHOULD REFER TO THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON WHICH MODULES WILL BE STUDIED IN WHICH YEAR OF THE PROGRAMMME


1

The programme of study will be pursued for not less than two years, and will be subject to a time limit of four years.


2A.

A student will take:

MAS6002    F7   Statistical Laboratory                      ACAD YR 17       20 credits

MAS6010    F7   Topics in Data Analysis                   ACAD YR 17       10 credits

MAS6052    F7    Stochastic Processes and Finance    ACAD YR 17       20 credits

MAS6053    F7    Financial Mathematics                    AUT SEM 17       10 credits


units (60 credits)
2B
A student will take 60 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
MAS6003  Linear Modelling ACAD YR 20 credits
MAS6004  Inference ACAD YR 20 credits
MAS6011  Dependent Data ACAD YR 20 credits
Unrestricted F7 units to the value of 20 credits.

2C.

A student will take  

MAS6041   F7   Dissertation  GRAD YR 17   60 credits


3

A student may proceed to the dissertation only on the recommendation of the Examiners based on performance in the units listed at 2A and 2B.


4

A student who has been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 2A and B above, will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics with Financial Mathematics (MAST16).


5

A student who has been awarded sixty credits in respect of the units listed at 2A and B above, of which twenty credits are in respect of MAS6002 and twenty credits are in respect of MAS6052, will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Statistics with Financial Mathematics (MAST18); at the discretion of the examiners, the requirement that the credits awarded include MAS6002 may be waived. A student who fails to satisfy this requirement may be permitted by the Faculty to become instead a student for the Postgraduate Certificate in Statistics (MAST08).


6

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


7

A student will attend such residential weeks as are prescribed by the Head of Department.

Year 2

 
 
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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.