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

A student will take

MAS6002   F7     Statistical Laboratory                         ACAD YR    20 credits

MAS6005   F7     Professional Skills for Statisticians       ACAD YR    10 credits

MAS6006   F7     Statistical Consultancy                       ACAD YR     10 credits

MAS6061   F7     Epidemiology and Time Series            ACAD YR    20 credits

MAS6062   F7     Bayesian Methods & Clinical Trials       ACAD YR    20  credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

A student who has been awarded sixty credits in respect of units listed at 2, and 3. above, of which twenty credits are in respect of MAS6002 and twenty credits are in respect of MAS6061, will be eligible for the award of Postgraduate Certificate in Statistics with Medical Applications (MAST28); 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).

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

A student who in the opinion of the Head of Department demonstrates sufficient competence in either MAS6001, MAS6061 or MAS6062 may substitute one of these with MAS6031 Special Topics 1 and MAS6032 Special Topics 2.