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Master's (MSc) Course-based

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Suitable for full-time or part-time students not necessarily oriented towards research activity.

Faculty of Graduate Studies HANDBOOK on Master's Course-based Rules and Regulations

This degree can be completed on a full-time or part-time basis

Suitable for students not necessarily oriented towards research activity.

NOTE:  No funding available for Spring and Summer terms.  International students are advised not to take this route since it could affect their Visa application.

Requirements (in addition to Faculty requirements)

  • an adequate background in Mathematics or Statistics, each applicant's background will be assessed individually.
  • Students applying for the MSc program in Statistics should either have a 4 year Bachelors (BSc) in Statistics or Mathematics with some undergraduate courses in Probability and Staitstics, as to what these courses are, there is no particular requirement, each applicant's background will be considered individually.
  • Normally, an Honours Bachelor degree, or its equivalent, in the subject of the division for which application is made
  • Minimum GPA 3.00 (on a 4-point system) over the last 2 full years of Bachelor's

  • Performance Level: MUST maintain a minimum cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.00 calculated on a 4-point scale at the end of each registration year and cannot have more than two grades of B- or below.

Full-Time Students

TIME LIMIT: Minimum expected is 2 years and maximum allowed 6 years

COURSE LOAD: 3 half-courses per term, at least 6 half-courses must be at a 600-level and above

Part-time Students

TIME LIMIT: maximum allowed is 6 years

COURSE LOAD:1 course per annual registration, at least 6 half course must be at 600-level or above

Advanced Credit

MUST BE applied for at time of application, graduate level course wth B grade or higher within the past 5 years from a recognized institution; not part of another degree; not exceed 1/3 of graduate program.

Required Courses

APPLIED MATHEMATICS students take ten half course equivalents which must include two of AMAT 605, AMAT 617, PMAT 607, PMAT 611; and, in each of the first two years of their program, the seminar course AMAT 621

PURE MATHEMATICS students take ten half course equivalents which must include two of AMAT 605, AMAT 617, PMAT 607, PMAT 611; and, in each of the first two years of their program, the seminar course PMAT 621

STATISTICS students take eight half course equivalents which must include any three of STAT 701, STAT 703, STAT 721, STAT 723; and, in each of the first two years of their program, the seminar course STAT 621

Required Examinations

Comprehesive Oral Examination (Written and Oral Components)
  • Written Component consists of an essay (not less than 10 single-spaced typed pages)
  • topic agreed upon between Student and Supervisor and should draw on techniques and results studied in student's course-based program e.g. the focus could be on a research article suggested by the Supervisor
  • Examining Committee decides whether essay meets standards required by the Division. If not, the student may be informed of the inadequacies and given an opportunity to rewrite and resubmit the essay until a satisfactory essay is acheived
  • Oral Component Exam should take place within 3 months after completion of all course-based requirements and after a completed and satisfactoryf essay is acheived.
  • Student MUST pass this oral component
For more details on exam regulations see Faculty of Graduate Studies HANDBOOK

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