The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science offers a Master of Mathematics degree in Statitistics - Biostatistics.
Admission deadlines for all MMath programs are:
- Fall term (September): February 1 of the same year
- Spring term (May): December 1 of the previous year
Applicants who are not citizens or permanent residents of Canada and who are not already in Canada on a student visa should apply at least two months earlier than the above dates, to allow time for a visa application.
Admission into the MMath program will correspond to one of the categories outlined below.
Admission requirements for students admitted into these MMath programs are as follows:
- a four-year honour's Bachelor's degree with a significant statistics or/and actuarial science component;
- an overall B+ (78%) average from a Canadian university (or its equivalent);
- three letters of reference, normally from academic sources;
- proof of competency in English (if applicable), including a TOEFL score of at least 600 and TWE of at least 4.5 for students required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language. (A score of at least 250 is required on the computer version of the TOEFL.) (See Academic Regulations-English language Proficiency Certification for other acceptable tests of English.)
The requirements for the MMath degree in Statistics-Biostatistics are as follows:
- Eight (8) one-term (0.50 unit weight) courses with an overall average of at least 70%,
- satisfactory completion of the research and teaching seminar,
- and a master's research paper.
The required total of eight one-term courses should include STAT 830 or 835, 831, 850, 854, 935, 937 and 938 (and the practical experience of the master's consulting requirement);
With permission, an advanced course in Biostatistics under Stat 947 may be substituted for Stat 935.
Students with a strong interest in applied statistics are encouraged to consider the co-operative option.
Participants gain valuable experience as practising statisticians through employment in business, industry, government or a research laboratory for a period of eight months (normally, two consecutive work terms). The usual pattern of study and work consists of two academic terms, two work terms, and a final academic term.
The degree requirements are the same as for the regular MMath degree program in Statistics or Statistics-Biostatistics with the course work option except that one of the eight one-term course credits is obtained by writing a report which describes some aspect of the student's work term experience. Credit for the Master's Co-op Project can only be obtained by submitting a report to the Department Graduate Office.
An extension of the co-op project report may be submitted in order to satisfy the research paper requirement of the MMath degree.
Students in the Statistics-Biostatistics co-op option may substitute another graduate course for Stat 938 and are not required to obtain credit for the MMath Consulting Requirement.