School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Bachelor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
VTAC code 21221
With a Computer Science co-major
Creating highly skilled graduates for careers in Computing
A three year degree specialising in computer science and either mathematics or statistics. A fourth Honours year is also available.
- Students cover all core areas of computer science.
- Students study both mathematics and statistics at first year and then study either through to third year, and possibly to honours.
- Graduates are eligible to apply for professional membership of
- Australian Computer Society
- Australian Mathematical Society
- Statistical Society of Australia
Mathematical and Statistics:
Natural partners for Computer Science
- In many areas of application, problems need to be formulated mathematically before being solved using computer technology.
- Modern statistical theory provides tools for the analysis of the numerical data sets occurring daily in applications of computing.
- Theoretical computer science is based on areas of mathematics such as computational complexity, coding theory and fractal geometry.
- For these reasons, graduates in Computer Science enhance their employability by also pursuing major studies in mathematics and statistics.
Strengths of the Program
- State of the Art: you will learn the latest computing tools used by professional mathematicians, computing professionals and statisticians.
- 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.
- La Trobe’s computing subjects have a heavy emphasis on object-oriented systems, which answers the call from industry for graduates with this approach.
- Career focus: you can choose combinations of subjects specifically tailored to help you get the computing, mathematics or statistics job you want.
Careers in Computer Science
Computer Science is part of the growing discipline of information management, retrieval and interpretation.
Careers in Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics
Computer Science is part of the growing discipline of information management, retrieval and interpretation.
Typical career opportunities in industry for these double degree graduates include:
- Scientific Programmer
- Applications Programmer
- Software Engineer
- Software Maintainer
- Systems programmer
- Data Analyst
- Computer Scientist
- Communications Specialist
- Systems Trainer
- Scientific modeller
- Financial Analyst
- Meteorologist
- Environmental Modeller
- Insurance Broker
- Biostatistician
- Secondary Teacher
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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