School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Bachelor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
VTAC code 21221
Be a professional Mathematician or Statistician
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Mathematicians and Statisticians are widely employed by Government and Industry in areas such as
- computing
- financial analysis
- meteorology
- environmental modelling
- insurance
- biostatistics
- teaching
The Bachelor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
A three year degree specialising in mathematics and statistics. A fourth Honours year is also available.
- Students take both mathematics and statistics at first year and then study either or both through to 3rd year.
- Other subjects can be chosen from across the University, giving great flexibility.
- Graduates are eligible to apply for accredited membership of the Australian Mathematical Society, the Statistical Society of Australia, or both. They may be eligible for further professional society membership (for example in the Australian Computer Society) if they take a major study in another discipline alongside their mathematics/statistics specialisation.
Strengths of the Program
- State of the Art: you will learn the latest computing tools used by professional mathematicians and statisticians.
- Flexibility: you can choose any other subjects from across the University (subject to prerequisites and quotas) alongside your mathematics/statistics subjects.
- Proven teaching: La Trobe’s Departments of Mathematics and Statistical Sciences has established a unique approach to its teaching, based on active problem solving sessions.
- Career focus: you can choose combinations of subjects specifically tailored to help you get the mathematics or statistics job you want.
What Employers say
- Students who have included mathematics or statistics in their qualification are preferred for our Audit department and other specialist areas. (National Australia Bank)
- Our recruitment requirements are usually maths/stats with a credit average. (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
- Two of our Business Units, Commonwealth Financial Services and Group Finance and Accounting, are interested in recruiting graduates with mathematics and statistics studies. (Commonwealth Bank)
- Statistics is becoming more important due to our company’s push towards Quality Management in which the collection and analysis of performance data is important. (Minenco)
- We employed 8 people with a major or discipline in the field of maths in the 1997 graduate intake. (Recruitment Services Australia)
- We hire people with backgrounds in computer science/mathematics. (IRIS)
Entry requirements for the BMathStatSc
The prerequisite is a study score of 20 in English and either a study score of 25 in Mathematical Methods or a study score of 20 in Specialist Mathematics.
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