Employability
The course provides a valuable preparation for professional statistical practice or research. The majority of graduates gain employment either as a practising statistician, for example in a pharmaceutical company, or as university research assistants, or proceed to a statistics PhD. See:
www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/PSC
TAUGHT COURSES MSc/PgDip in Statistics
Director of Studies: Dr Deborah Costain. Duration: 12 months full-time (MSc), 24 months part-time (MSc); 9 months full-time (PgDip). Entry Requirements: At least a second class honours degree, or its equivalent, in a subject with a strong mathematics or statistics component. Introductory modules are available for students wishing to convert from another discipline. Assessment: Combination of coursework, examination and dissertation. IELTS: 6.5 Funding: MRC, NIHR- see also page 213. Further Information:
www.maths.lancs.ac.uk Pathways: Medical Statistics, Pharmaceutical Statistics or Environmental Statistics.
This MSc has a strong theoretical and methodological component to supplement a focus on applications of statistics to real-life scientific problems.You can opt to follow pathways in Medical Statistics, Pharmaceutical Statistics or Environmental Statistics which respectively focus upon problems taken from medical and health research, pharmaceutical development or environmental sciences.
You will follow a set of compulsory modules covering core theory and methods, applied statistical modelling and a practical skills module comprising topics such as statistical computing, scientific writing, presentation and consultancy. You will also study a self-designated programme of optional modules tailored according to your research interests and career aspirations. The aim is to develop your analytical and statistical modelling skills and to apply them to address a range of ‘real life’ problems.
Your studies will be completed by undertaking a supervised in-depth dissertation aimed at solving a substantive research question.
MSc/PgDip in Applied Social Statistics
Director of Studies: Dr Juliet Harman. Duration: 12 months full-time or 24 months part-time (MSc); 9 months full-time or 21 months part-time (PgDip). Entry Requirements: At least an upper second class honours degree, or its equivalent, in mathematics, a social science or other related discipline, or a relevant professional qualification and experience. Assessment: Combination of coursework and report/dissertation. IELTS: 6.5 Funding: see page 213. Further Information:
www.maths.lancs.ac.uk
These programmes are designed to provide you with a firm grounding in enhanced quantitative skills by providing a practical foundation to the theory and application of statistical methods in the social and health sciences.
Studying substantive theory, research methods, data collection (including how to use data from large Government social surveys) and statistical analysis, you are encouraged to explore ways in which this knowledge can be applied to areas such as criminology, economics, health research, management, psychology and sociology. The policy implications of quantitative social science research will be considered throughout the course.
The programme offers pathways in: • Crime and Forensic Statistics • Health Research • Teaching Statistics up to pre-university level (via distance learning).
The Teaching Statistics pathway may be studied part-time as a standalone PgCert and is suitable for teachers in secondary education wishing to enhance their statistical skills. The courses are particularly suited to those wishing to study part-time as part of a programme of Continuing Professional Development.
Taught modules are delivered in block mode where all material is covered in intensively in up to four days of lectures, tutorials and seminars. The Teaching Statistics pathway up to pre-university level is a distance learning module with four contact away days.
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