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
- Recognise the important role of statistical principles and their application;
- Demonstrate the necessary analytical skills for interpreting and analysing statistical information;
- Demonstrate well developed insight into the Australian and international financial markets;
- Justify and communicate the necessary management skills for dealing with organisations, teams and policy issues, to be able to work independently and collaboratively to collect, process, interpret and communicate the outcomes of statistical problems; and,
- Demonstrate the skills necessary to engage with and evaluate statistical problems critically.
Other Information
Students wishing to gain entry to a further program in Statistics or Actuarial Studies are advised to seek course selection advice from the program convenor. If you are unsure who the program convenor is, please contact info.cbe@anu.edu.au.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This specialisation requires the completion of 24 units, which must consist of:
24 units from the completion of the following course(s):
EMET8005 - Econometric Methods and Modelling
EMET8012 - Business and Economic Forecasting
FINM7006 - Applied Foundations of Finance
STAT6018 - Stochastic Processes
STAT6026 - Graphical Data Analysis
STAT6027 - Statistical Inference
STAT6029 - Design of Experiments and Surveys
STAT6042 - Survival Models
STAT6043 - Life Contingencies
STAT6045 - Actuarial Techniques
STAT6046 - Financial Mathematics
STAT6056 - Advanced Mathematical Statistics
STAT7038 - Regression Modelling
STAT7039 - Principles of Mathematical Statistics
STAT7055 - Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance
STAT8002 - Applied Time Series Analysis
STAT8053 - Applied Research Essay
STAT8130 - Generalised Linear Models
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 |
| STAT 7001: Applied Statistics | ||
| STAT 7018: Stochastic Modelling | ||
| STAT 7026: Graphical Data Analysis | ||
| STAT 7029: Expermnt & Survey Design | ||
| STAT 7030: Generalised Linear Modelling | ||
| STAT 7042: Survival Models | ||
| STAT7055 | Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance | 6 |
| STAT8002 | Applied Time Series Analysis | 6 |
| STAT 8003: Biostatistics | ||
| STAT 8027: Statistical Inference | ||
| STAT 8035: Risk Theory | ||
| STAT 8036: Credibility Theory | ||
| STAT8053 | Research Essay in Statistics | 6-12 |
| STAT 8056: Advanced Math Stat |