Academic Calendar - 2018 ARCHIVE

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2018ARCHIVE

Western Main Campus

Honours Specialization HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN STATISTICS
Faculty of Science - Statistical and Actuarial Sciences



Admission Requirements


Completion of first-year requirements with no failures.  Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses, including (Calculus 1000A/B, Calculus 1500A/B or the former Calculus 1100A/B) and (Calculus 1501A/B or (Calculus 1301A/B with a mark of at least 85%)), Mathematics 1600A/B or the former Linear Algebra 1600A/B, plus 1.5 additional principal courses, with no mark less than 60% in any of the 3.0 principal courses.  

Recommended course: Statistical Sciences 1023A/B.

Please note: Applied Mathematics 1413 may be substituted for the 1.0 Calculus requirement. Applied Mathematics 1411A/B may be substituted for Mathematics 1600A/BMathematics 1600A/B or the former Linear Algebra 1600A/B (or Applied Mathematics 1411A/B), if not taken in the first year, must be completed prior to the second term of second year.  

Module/Program Information


Module
9.0 courses:

6.0 courses: Statistical Sciences 2503A/B (or the former Applied Mathematics 2503A/B), Statistical Sciences 2857A/B, Statistical Sciences 2858A/B, Statistical Sciences 2864A/B, Statistical Sciences 3657A/B, Statistical Sciences 3843A/B, Statistical Sciences 3858A/B, Statistical Sciences 3859A/B, Statistical Sciences 3850F/G, Statistical Sciences 4846A/B or Statistical Sciences 4853A/B, Statistical Sciences 4850F/G, Statistical Sciences 4861A/B.
0.5 courses: Calculus 2402A/B.
1.5 courses from: Actuarial Science 3424A/B, Actuarial Science 4824A/B, Actuarial Science 4823A/B, one of Statistical Sciences 4846A/B or Statistical Sciences 4853A/B.
1.0 courses from: Actuarial Science 3424A/B, Actuarial Science 4824A/B, Actuarial Science 4823A/B, Financial Modelling 3520A/B (or the former Statistical Sciences 3520A/B), Financial Modelling 3613A/B (or the former Applied Mathematics 3613A/B), Financial Modelling 3817A/B (or the former Applied Mathematics 3817A/B), Applied Mathematics 3815A/B, any Statistical Sciences course at the 4000 level, or any course at the 4000 level approved by the Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences.  

Calculus 2402A/B may be replaced by either (Calculus 2502A/B and Calculus 2503A/B) or (Calculus 2502A/B and the former Mathematics 2123A/B). When such a replacement occurs, the module will include 9.5 courses.