M. Sc. (HONS.) STATISTICS


 OBJECTIVES


  1. To promote teaching and research training in Statistics to fulfill the growing demand of statisticians in industries, teaching and research institutions, government offices, health institutions and other sectors like economic development and population welfare programmes of the country as a whole.
  2. To keep pace with the expanding frontiers of knowledge across the whole world.
  3. To provide qualified statisticians to develop useful tools and techniques in decision making processes in association with computer professionals and people from other disciplines of sciences and information technology.

 

 DURATION

 

The minimum duration for this Programme is TWO years while the maximum is FOUR years and a half

 METHOD OF ASSESMENT

 

During the first year (which consists of two semesters), the students are expected to complete their course work by sitting for their examinations at the end of each semester which are usually of three hours duration and prior to that, by writing continuous assessments for the courses taught.

 

 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

 

Admissions into M. Sc. Statistics Programme is offered to candidates on the basis of minimum requirements of having a first degree with at least a second class honors in Statistics or its equivalent from and recognized university. However, candidates having a third class degree may also be considered if he / she has spent at least five years in some relevant institution after graduation.

 

 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

 

To graduate, a student must earn 48 credit units, out of which 24 credit units made up of six core courses and the remaining 24 credit units for thesis work. The thesis is approved subject to its evaluation by an external examiner appointed by the university and also after an oral examination by a board of internal/external examiners.  However, all these rules and regulations stated above are subject to change from time to time by the university.

 

 

 COURSES


FIRST SEMESTER

Code Course Title Credit Units
STAT 701
 Advanced Probability Theory With Applications 4
STAT 703 Design & Analysis of Experiments I 4
STAT 705  Sequential Analysis 4
STAT 707 Multivariate Analysis 4
STAT 709  Theory of Sampling I 4
STAT 711 Non-Parametric Statistical Methods 4

SECOND SEMESTER

Code Course Title Credit Units
MATH706
 Advanced Set Theory 4
MATH712  Semi Group Theory 4
MATH714 Linear and Non-Linear Programming 4
MATH716 Computational Fluid Dynamics 4
MATH718  Space Dynamics II 4

SECOND YEAR

Code Course Title Credit Units
MATH700  Thesis 24