This degree is aimed at students interested in using their mathematical and statistics skills to solve problems in manufacturing, banking, business management and management consultancy. Apart from strengthening their knowledge of advanced mathematics and statistics, students are introduced to business, financial modelling, financial risk modelling, production modelling, forecasting and strategic decision-making models.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years part time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Descriptive statistics
- Probability and probability distributions
- Statistical inference
- Data analysis
- Pre-calculus Mathematics
- Calculus
- Linear algebra
- Introduction to the business world
- Modelling in a financial environment
- End-user Computing
- Introduction to Business Information Systems
- Comprehension skills for science
Second year subjects:
- Distribution theory
- Applied statistics
- Forecasting
- Linear algebra
- Calculus in higher dimensions
- Mathematical programming
- Rational decision making
- Financial modelling
Third year subjects:
- Distribution theory
- Inference
- Analysis of variance and regression
Careers: management consultant, risk manager, financial risk manager, production modeller.
Source: www.unisa.ac.za