The Statistics specialisation is designed for students who wish to:
- Develop a greater understanding of statistical principles and their application;
- Improve analytical skills for interpreting and analysing statistical information;
- Gain greater insight into the Australian and international financial markets;
- Increase management skills for dealing with organisations, teams and policy issues; and,
- Expand their applied knowledge in various specialised areas of statistics.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates who have successfully completed the specialisation in statistics will be able to:
1. Recognise the important role of statistical principles and their application;
2. Demonstrate the necessary analytical skills for interpreting and analyzing statistical information;
3. Demonstrate well developed insight into the Australian and international financial markets;
4. Justify and communicate the necessary management skills for dealing with organizations, teams and policy issues, so as to be able to work independently and collaboratively to collect, process, interpret and communicate the outcomes of statistical problems; and,
5. Demonstrate the skills necessary to critically engage with and evaluate statistical problems.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This specialisation requires the completion of 24 units, which must consist of:
24 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| EMET8005 | Econometric Methods and Modelling | 6 |
| EMET8012 | Business and Economic Forecasting | 6 |
| FINM7006 | Applied Foundations of Finance | 6 |
| MATH1113 | Mathematical Foundations for Actuarial Studies | 6 |
| STAT6038 | Regression Modelling | 6 |
| STAT6039 | Principles of Mathematical Statistics | 6 |
| STAT6043 | Life Contingencies | 6 |
| STAT6045 | Actuarial Techniques | 6 |
| STAT6046 | Financial Mathematics | 6 |
| STAT7001 | Applied Statistics | 6 |
| STAT7018 | Stochastic Modelling | 6 |
| STAT7026 | Graphical Data Analysis | 6 |
| STAT7029 | Design of Experiments and Surveys | 6 |
| STAT7030 | Generalised Linear Models | 6 |
| STAT7042 | Survival Models | 6 |
| STAT7055 | Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance | 6 |
| STAT8002 | Applied Time Series Analysis | 6 |
| STAT8003 | Biostatistics | 6 |
| STAT8027 | Statistical Inference | 6 |
| STAT 8035: Risk Theory | ||
| STAT 8036: Credibility Theory | ||
| STAT8053 | Research Essay in Statistics | 6-12 |
| STAT8056 | Advanced Mathematical Statistics | 6 |