Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Statistics Section
Honours in Statistics
The Statistics Section invites eligible students to enrol in Honours Statistics. Interested students should contact the honours coordinator, Assoc. Prof. Paul Kabaila. Formal approval by the Faculty and Head of School will also be required.
HONOURS STATISTICS (120 CPs. Sem. 1 and 11. Bu). STA 41HON and STA42HON
Honours students normally select six components from those offered by the Key Centre for Statistical Sciences and listed in the Master of Statistical Sciences section of the Postgraduates section of the Handbook. Some components may, subject to the approval of the Head of Section, be selected from another unit, such as mathematics or econometrics. In addition, every student is expected to write an honours thesis, supervised by a staff member. A thesis topic may be selected from a list of topics provided by the Section, but can be on any other approved topic. Application to be admitted to this unit must be made to the Head of the Statistics Section.
Prerequisite: a pass in STA31BS, STA31LM, STA32SI and STA32AS with an average B-grade or higher, together with a minimum average of 60% across all third year subjects.
Assessment: each of the six components is normally assessed by assignments (20%) and a two-hour examination (80%). The honours thesis contributes 37.5% to the final assessment.
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