Postgraduate Course: Graduate Diploma in Statistics

Overview

This program is intended for students with limited or no background in statistics but who have the equivalent of first year mathematics. Students can update or improve their statistical skills to Bachelor level and gain entry to the Master of Statistics program.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

A degree equivalent to a three-year Australian Bachelor degree, which must include the equivalent of first-year mathematics.

Course Requirements

The graduate diploma will normally occupy two (2) sessions of full-time study or four (4) sessions of part-time study, and requires the satisfactory completion of at least 48 credit points, with the following requirements:

1. At least 36 credit points are to be chosen from those subjects listed in the Bachelor of Mathematics and Master of Statistics course structures, including at least 24 credit points of 300-level or 900-level subjects.
2. Candidates are not to include subjects which, in the opinion of the Head of School, are equivalent in content to those for which credit has already been obtained towards some other degree or diploma.
3. The chosen program is to be approved by the Head of School prior to enrolment.

Other Information

Students who satisfactorily complete the Graduate Diploma are eligible to apply for entry to the Master of Statistics.