Conjoint: BA/BSc major in Statistics (BA)

A major is the main subject area that you choose to study in your degree. You will study courses up to Stage III level in this subject.

As well as gaining skills, knowledge and experience in your chosen area, you will learn how to think creatively, solve problems and communicate effectively, all essential skills to help you thrive in any career you choose.

Please see the main programme link below to see further details for the programme.

We live in an information age. Computers allow us to collect and store information in quantities that previously would never have been dreamt of. However, data is useless until people can start to make sense of it. If you’re interested in looking critically at numerical information without being misled, then Statistics could be the ideal major for you.

Statistics is the human side of the computer revolution – statisticians take raw undigested data, often in very large sets, and make sense of it to solve problems and provide valid information in almost every area of life. As a Statistics student you’ll study how to ask the right questions, how to design ways to collect and analyse data, and how to present information in meaningful ways.

You can take courses in the following topics:
- Applied statistics
- Data analysis
- Operations research
- Probability
- Statistical computing
- Statistical theory

You can also choose to keep your Statistics major general, or you can follow either the Applied Statistics pathway or the Statistics and Probability pathway, in order to focus your studies further:
- Applied Statistics: For students who are primarily interested in the practice of statistics.
- Statistics and Probability: For students who are interested in both the applications of statistics and the theory underlying the practice of statistics and probability, including stochastic modelling. If you’re intending to progress to postgraduate study you should take this pathway.

BA/BSc - Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science Conjoint

Statistics is the ideal partner course for people who want to enhance their quantitative capabilities while pursuing their career choice subject. Some training in statistics can help make you more effective in almost any career.

Complete 120 points comprising:

15 points from Stage I Statistics Elective Courses, and
15 points from Additional Stage I Elective Courses, and
15 points from Stage II Statistics Elective Courses, and
30 points from Additional Stage II Elective Courses, and
15 points from Stage III Statistics Elective Courses, and
30 points from Additional Stage III Elective Courses

Selected courses must include at least 45 points at level 300.

Stage I Statistics Elective Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

STATS 101 - Introduction to Statistics (15 points)

STATS 108 - Statistics for Commerce (15 points)

STATS 125 - Probability and its Applications (15 points)

Additional Stage I Elective Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

DATASCI 100 - Data Science for Everyone (15 points)

STATS 101 - Introduction to Statistics (15 points)

STATS 108 - Statistics for Commerce (15 points)

STATS 125 - Probability and its Applications (15 points)

STATS 150 - Communicating Statistics (15 points)

Stage II Statistics Elective Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

STATS 201 - Data Analysis (15 points)

STATS 208 - Data Analysis for Commerce (15 points)

STATS 210 - Statistical Theory (15 points)

STATS 225 - Probability: Theory and Applications (15 points)

Additional Stage II Elective Courses

Complete exactly 30 points from the following:

MATHS 208 - General Mathematics 2 (15 points) or
MATHS 221 - Algebra 2 (15 points) or
MATHS 231 - Calculus 2 (15 points)

STATS 201 - Data Analysis (15 points)

STATS 208 - Data Analysis for Commerce (15 points)

STATS 210 - Statistical Theory (15 points)

STATS 220 - Data Technologies (15 points)

STATS 225 - Probability: Theory and Applications (15 points)

STATS 240 - Design and Structured Data (15 points)

STATS 255 - Optimisation and Data-driven Decision Making (15 points)

Stage III Statistics Elective Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

STATS 310 - Introduction to Statistical Inference (15 points)

STATS 325 - Stochastic Processes (15 points)

STATS 330 - Statistical Modelling (15 points)

STATS 380 - Statistical Computing (15 points)

Additional Stage III Elective Courses

Complete exactly 30 points from the following:

ENGSCI 391 - Optimisation in Operations Research (15 points)

STATS 302 - Applied Multivariate Analysis (15 points)

STATS 310 - Introduction to Statistical Inference (15 points)

STATS 313 - Advanced Topics in Probability (15 points)

STATS 320 - Applied Stochastic Modelling (15 points)

STATS 325 - Stochastic Processes (15 points)

STATS 326 - Applied Time Series Analysis (15 points)

STATS 330 - Statistical Modelling (15 points)

STATS 331 - Introduction to Bayesian Statistics (15 points)

STATS 369 - Data Science Practice (15 points)

STATS 370 - Financial Mathematics (15 points)

STATS 380 - Statistical Computing (15 points)

STATS 383 - The Science and Craft of Data Management (15 points)

STATS 392 - Directed Study (15 points)

Please note that while regulations and programme rules for future academic years may be displayed or made available in advance, they remain subject to change. Official, final approved programme regulations for the upcoming academic year will be available when the University Calendar is published in late October of the preceding year. Any information available prior to Calendar publication should be treated as provisional.

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