Master of Applied Statistics–MAppStat 180 points Qualification regulations

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the MAppStat degree shall have:

(i) completed a Bachelor’s degree of a tertiary institution in a relevant subject; and

(ii) been accepted by the Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the Associate Dean, Academic (Postgraduate) of the Faculty of Science for a candidate who has had extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind.

2. (a) The course of study for the MAppStat shall consist of courses worth 180 points, consisting of STAT 480, STAT 501, STAT 581; 120 further approved 400- or 500-level points including one of (STAT 487 or 489);

(b) The Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics may approve substitution of (STAT 487, STAT 581) by STAT 588.

3. A candidate for the MAppStat shall normally be enrolled full time for three trimesters and shall complete the degree within three years of first enrolling in it.

4. A candidate who has completed 120 points of the degree requirements may be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Science, in Statistics.

5. The MAppStat may be awarded with Distinction or Merit as described in the Assessment Handbook.