Bachelor of Arts with the Diploma of Education with a major in Statistics
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Overview
Teach in secondary schools. Become a flexible, open minded and confident secondary school teacher who is responsive to academic needs.
By combining arts with education you'll study the principles and techniques of secondary teaching. You'll then specialise by choosing:
An academic major in your first teaching subject:
- English
- History
- Mathematics
- Science
- Languages
- Geography
- Economics
- Business Studies
And an academic major or minor in your second teaching subject:
- Drama
- English
- Geography
- History
- Information & Communication Technologies
- Languages
- Legal Studies
- Society and Culture
- Maths
- Science
The main focus is on preparing you to work as a high school teacher.
Statistics as a discipline is the development and application of methods for collecting, analysing and interpreting data. It is the science of learning from data, or converting data into knowledge.
Statistics is an essential tool for making informed decisions in all areas of business and government. Aims include:
- producing the ‘best’ information from available data by reducing uncertainty in decision-making, and detecting patterns in the data
- designing experiments and other data collection methods to help decision-making, by estimating the present and/or predicting the future.
Statistics applies to many disciplines, from the physical and social sciences to the humanities.
Statisticians may work by themselves, but they usually work in a team. This could include research specialists, and clerical or computing staff who collect and analyse data.
Key features
- Enhanced job opportunities through comprehensive study of core disciplinary units, with a capstone unit in statistical consulting.
- Opportunity to broaden knowledge through interdisciplinary study.
Location
North Ryde
Suitable for
Students with abilities in areas such as reasoning and problem-solving, communication, analysis and research, mathematics, working as part of a team and independently.
HECS Course fee
AUD $4,520 p.a.
Student amenities fee
Information on the Student services and amenities fee
Entry requirements
English language requirements
If you have completed the NSW HSC or equivalent you satisfy the English proficiency requirements.
For full information view the English proficiency requirements table (436 Kb).
Work experience requirements
No work experience required.
What you will study
| Degree requirements | Credit Points |
|---|---|
| Minimum number of credit points for the degree | 92 |
| Minimum number of credit points at 200 level or above | 56 |
| Completion of a qualifying major for the Bachelor of Arts | 24 |
| Completion of a designated People unit | |
| Completion of a designated Planet unit | |
| Completion of other specific minimum requirements as set out below |
Major requirements
The following outlines the units (subjects) to be studied within this major
| 100 level | Credit Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | either | STAT170 | Introductory Statistics | ||
| or | STAT171 | Statistical Data Analysis | 3 | ||
| 200 level | Credit Points | ||||
| Required | either | STAT270 | Applied Statistics | ||
| or | STAT271 | Statistics I | 3 | ||
| Required | either | STAT273 | Introduction to Probability | ||
| or | STAT272 | Probability | 3 | ||
| Required | either | STAT278 | Computer Simulation | ||
| or | STAT279 | Operations Research I | 3 | ||
| 300 level | Credit Points | ||||
| Capstone | STAT399 | C | Statistical Consulting | 3 | |
| Required | STAT375 | Linear Models | 3 | ||
| Required | 6cp from | STAT302 | Graphics, Multivariate Methods and Data Mining | ||
| STAT306 | Statistical Inference | ||||
| STAT328 | Market Research and Forecasting | ||||
| STAT371 | Statistical Theory | ||||
| STAT373 | Design of Surveys and Experiments | ||||
| STAT378 | Statistical Computing | ||||
| STAT395 | Biostatistics and Epidemiology | 6 | |||
| Total credit points required to satisfy this major | 24 | ||||
Notes
- Units marked with a C are Capstone units.
- The course information contained on this page is applicable for 2012 ONLY.
For more information please read the courses disclaimer.
Careers
Career Opportunities
- business analyst
- data analyst
- pharmaceutical engineer
- quality analyst
- quantitative analyst
- researcher
- risk analyst
- statistician
Employers
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- banks and financial institutions
- CSIRO
- government (state and federal)
- hospitals
- Insurance companies
- market research organisations
- medical and pharmaceutical companies
an education in the top two per cent of universities in the world, giving you an international recognised and respected degree
