BSc Honours Mathematical Statistics at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

The BSc Honours in Mathematical Statistics teaches you how to handle data, model data, discover patterns in data and make good decisions based on available data. Past students graduating from the Honours in Mathematical Statistics Programme have been highly successful in professional practice and a number have progressed to MSc and PhD studies in Data Science, Biostatistics, and Mathematical Statistics. Why study Mathematical Statistics?

Faculty: Science | Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science | Duration: 1 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

Students should complete 120 credits. Description of the number of courses to be taken The Honours degrees require a student to pass courses totalling at least 120 credits, including a compulsory research project (36 credits). Other elective courses from Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM) and Mathematics (Maths) may also be included, by special permission of the postgraduate co-ordinators

Career pathways

Graduates are prepared for a diverse range of careers including: Statisticians Data Scientists Ecologists (environmental monitoring, water quality control, species management) Image processing (computer vision, face detection, remote sensing) Biostatistician (designing and analysing clinical trials and epidemiological studies) Financial analysts (designing investment strategies and managing risks

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Application information

Entry requirements

A Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of Mathematics and 3 years of Mathematical Statistics (assessed at University of the Witwatersrand equivalence). Acceptance will depend on the marks obtained, with an average of at least 65% being generally expected in the final undergraduate courses. Applicants should have done a Multivariate Analysis course and a Machine Learning course for their Bachelor’s degree. Please note that this is a highly competitive programme. Meeting these requirements does not guarantee a place.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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