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Fall 2011

Statistics and Actuarial Science


Programs

Statistics - Biostatistics (MMath)
 
The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science offers a Master of Mathematics degree in Statitistics - Biostatistics.

Admission Deadlines: for all MMath programs are:

  • Fall term (September): February 1 of the same year
  • Spring term (May): December 1 of the previous year

Applicants who are not citizens or permanent residents of Canada and who are not already in Canada on a student visa should apply at least two months earlier than the above dates, to allow time for a visa application.

Admission Requirements

Admission into the MMath program will correspond to one of the categories outlined below.

MMath Program in Statistics-Biostatistics (Regular Student)

Admission requirements for students admitted into these MMath programs are as follows:

  • a four-year honour's Bachelor's degree with a significant statistics or/and actuarial science component;
  • an overall B+ (78%) average from a Canadian university (or its equivalent);
  • three letters of reference, normally from academic sources;
  • proof of competency in English (if applicable), including a TOEFL score of at least 600 and TWE of at least 4.5 for students required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language. (A score of at least 250 is required on the computer version of the TOEFL.) (See Academic Regulations-English language Proficiency Certification for other acceptable tests of English.)


Degree Requirements

MMath in Statistics-Biostatistics

The requirements for the MMath degree in Statistics-Biostatistics are as follows:

  • Eight (8) one-term (0.50 unit weight) courses with an overall average of at least 70%,
  • satisfactory completion of the research and teaching seminar,
  • and a master's research paper.

The required total of eight one-term courses should include STAT 830 or 835, 831, 850, 854, 935, 937 and 938 (and the practical experience of the master's consulting requirement);

With permission, an advanced course in Biostatistics under Stat 947 may be substituted for Stat 935.

MMath in Statistics-Biostatistics (Co-op Option)

Students with a strong interest in applied statistics are encouraged to consider the co-operative option.

Participants gain valuable experience as practising statisticians through employment in business, industry, government or a research laboratory for a period of eight months (normally, two consecutive work terms). The usual pattern of study and work consists of two academic terms, two work terms, and a final academic term.

The degree requirements are the same as for the regular MMath degree program in Statistics or Statistics-Biostatistics with the course work option except that one of the eight one-term course credits is obtained by writing a report which describes some aspect of the student's work term experience. Credit for the Master's Co-op Project can only be obtained by submitting a report to the Department Graduate Office.

An extension of the co-op project report may be submitted in order to satisfy the research paper requirement of the MMath degree.

Students in the Statistics-Biostatistics co-op option may substitute another graduate course for Stat 938 and are not required to obtain credit for the MMath Consulting Requirement.


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