Graduate Certificate of Science (Mathematics & Statistics)
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-02-03 | - |
| 2025-05-26 | - |
Program Overview
The Graduate Certificate of Science (Mathematics and Statistics) at UniSQ equips students with advanced mathematical theories, computational thinking, and statistical research skills. Graduates can pursue careers in data analysis, investment, and various sectors where decision-making and pattern recognition are crucial, such as government, academia, and the pharmaceutical industry. This part-time program offers a pathway to further study, including the Graduate Diploma of Science and the Master of Science.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Do you want to play a leading role in science, education, industry and society, and turn your knack with numbers into a career or expand your option for advancement in your current career? Combining the rigour and logic of a scientific approach with the specifics of a professional area, the Graduate Certificate of Science (Mathematics and Statistics) is ideal if you are interested in data-driven decision making and finding patterns and trends in numbers, space and abstractions. In this degree, you will study advanced mathematical theories as well as computational thinking and statistics for research.
Outline:
To complete this degree students must complete 4 units. Most courses (similar to ‘subjects’) are valued at 1 unit.
Courses to be studied
Units 4 x specialisation courses 4 Total 4
Careers:
The evolution of computer science has opened up countless opportunities for those with an advanced grasp of numbers and data, and graduates find it can lead to a career as a statistical analyst, investment or business analyst, mathematician or statistician in almost all job sectors including the government, academia, insurance, agriculture, science or pharmaceutical industry.
Other:
- This specialisation is only available through part-time study.
- Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate of Science, you can delve into further study and move into the Graduate Diploma of Science or the Master of Science.
