Applied Statistics University of Cape Town

Overview

The Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Applied Statistics from University of Cape Town provides a graduate with the specific discipline knowledge, together with a range of related skills, essential for the workplace, or to allow continuation to postgraduate study. 

Overview

Curricula are designed to provide adequate foundations and depth in the chosen majors, but also to attain generic skills such as numeracy, problem solving, and computer and communication skills which are necessary to function as a graduate.

The Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree is a qualification that requires the completion of nine full year courses (or the equivalent in half courses) leading to two separate majors. This is completed over 3 or more years. Typically, 4 or 5 courses are taken at first-year level, 2 or 3 at second-year level and 2 at third-year level. Unlike school, it is not necessary to do all first-year courses during the first year at university. 

These courses include compulsory courses required for each major, as well as elective courses (which are not prescribed but chosen out of interest to fulfil the degree requirement of completing nine full courses) All students are required to do a mathematics course. For some majors, a statistics course is also required. (Details of the courses required for each major can be found in the Science Faculty Handbook )