MA4021 - Statistics Honours Part 1 of 2

Credit points:	12
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Subject chain:	MA4021 MA4022
Administered by:	School of Engineering

Available to graduates who have reached a satisfactory standing in mathematics or statistics at this university. Graduates from other universities with equivalent qualifications will be considered for acceptance. Except with the approval of the Head of School/Associate Dean, all subjects in a chain must be studied in consecutive teaching periods.

Areas of research emphasis are statistics and intelligent data analysis. The honours year is primarily a preparation for students wishing to undertake a research higher degree.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to carry out a substantial piece of research and write a dissertation;
• ability to formulate and solve research problems;
• to understand theoretical concepts in a broad range of topics which give background to the research project.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coordinator:	Professor Danny Coomans
Lecturers:	Professor Danny Coomans, Dr Yvette Everingham.
Assessment:	periodic informal examinations, seminar and research thesis.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Professor Danny Coomans
Lecturers:	Professor Danny Coomans, Dr Yvette Everingham.
Assessment:	periodic informal examinations, seminar and research thesis.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.