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2015-2016

The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Academic Plans and Requirements

Statistics

Statistics for Health

Students in this plan must fulfill all the requirements in Table I and Table II. This must include at least 24 math courses, and the following specific requirements:

One of

MATH 237 Calculus 3 for Honours Mathematics
MATH 247 Calculus 3 (Advanced Level)

All of

STAT 330 Mathematical Statistics
STAT 331 Applied Linear Models
STAT 332 Sampling and Experimental Design
STAT 333 Applied Probability
STAT 337 Introduction to Medical Statistics
STAT 431 Generalized Linear Models and their Applications
STAT 436 Introduction to the Analysis of Spatial Data in Health Research
STAT 437 Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Health Research

One of

MATH 239 Introduction to Combinatorics or MATH 249 Introduction to Combinatorics (Advanced Level)
AMATH 231 Calculus 4
AMATH 242/CS 371 Introduction to Computational Mathematics
AMATH 250 Introduction to Differential Equations

Two additional 300- or 400-level math courses.

All of

CS 330 Management Information Systems
CS 338 Computer Applications to Business: Databases
CS 432 Business Systems Analysis
GERON/HLTH 245 The Canadian Health Care System
HLTH 101 Introduction to Health 1
MTHEL 300 Professional Communications in Statistics and Actuarial Science

Two of

AFM 101 Introduction to Financial Accounting
AFM 102 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
BIOL 239 Genetics
ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
HLTH 102 Introduction to Health 2
HIST 209 Health, Disease and Medicine in Canadian History, 1500 to the Present

Notes

  1. Students currently or previously enrolled in the following plans: Business Administration and Mathematics Double Degree, Mathematics/Business Administration, Mathematics/Financial Analysis and Risk Management, Information Technology Management, and Mathematical Optimization – Business Specialization may substitute:
    • STAT 371 for STAT 331.
    • STAT 372 for STAT 332.
    • AMATH 350 for AMATH 250.
  2. STAT 334 is not an acceptable substitute for STAT 330 or STAT 333; STAT 373 is not an acceptable substitute for STAT 331.
  3. Business Administration and Mathematics Double Degree students may substitute BUS 362W for MTHEL 300.


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