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MSc in Statistics (Social Statistics) (Research)

Programme Code: TMSTSSRE

Department: Statistics

For students starting this programme of study in 2019/20

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations


Full-year programme. Students must take two compulsory courses, options to the value of 1.5 units and a dissertation as shown below.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1

ST425 Statistical Inference: Principles, Methods and Computation (1.0) #

Paper 2

ST411 Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis (0.5) #

Paper 3

Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:

 

ST405 Multivariate Methods (0.5) #

 

ST416 Multilevel Modelling (0.5) #

 

ST442 Longitudinal Data Analysis (0.5) #

Paper 4

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

ST405 Multivariate Methods (0.5) #

 

ST416 Multilevel Modelling (0.5) #

 

ST442 Longitudinal Data Analysis (0.5) #

 

ST443 Machine Learning and Data Mining (0.5) #

 

ST444 Statistical Computing (0.5)

 

ST445 Managing and Visualising Data (0.5)

 

ST446 Distributed Computing for Big Data (0.5) #

 

ST449 Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning (0.5)

 

ST451 Bayesian Machine Learning (0.5) #

 

GY460 Techniques of Spatial Economic Analysis (0.5) #

 

MA427 Mathematical Optimisation (0.5) #

 

MY456 Survey Methodology (0.5) #

 

MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (0.5) #

 

MY459 Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Quantitative Text Analysis (0.5) #

 

MY461 Social Network Analysis (0.5)

 

SP431 Population Analysis: Methods and Models (0.5) #

 

Other courses may be taken with permission, except for: ST429, ST433, ST436, ST439, ST440, MA415, MA416, MA420 and any courses indexed FM.

Paper 5

ST499 Dissertation (1.0)

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

The total value of all non-ST courses should not exceed one unit.

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