麥科文大學(xué)

A Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) is an opportunity to explore and discover ideas. It provides you with the tools you need to discriminate between fact and fiction, to pose tough questions and provide full answers, to observe soundly, to articulate your arguments in a clear and concise fashion, and to be open to other ideas without surrendering your own.

Your degree provides you with a breadth, depth and diversity of study that will equip you with the skills of both an expert and a generalist. MacEwan’s B.Sc. is designed to offer flexibility and customization.

Applied Statistics Major

When you major in applied statistics, you analyze and explore information from different angles, finding the stories hidden in the data. You identify patterns and trends in sets of numbers and draw them out to help people understand the world around them.

Medicine, psychology, biology, economics, sports, industry, government—these are just a few of the fields that rely on the analytical skills of statisticians. Principles of probability theory and statistics are also used to make decisions in the insurance industry, the financial world and in engineering.

What to expect

When you take introductory courses, you explore the foundations of mathematics and statistics—calculus, algebra, probability theory and data analysis. In your second year, you deepen your understanding of the power of statistics and its versatility.

In your third year, you choose from several applied statistics courses, where you learn to use statistical methods and models and to design tools for analyzing samples. You find real data with the help of a data librarian and discover the practical applications of statistics.

In the final year, you tie everything together when you complete a consultation project, supporting real-world clients with the statistical knowledge they need for their research.

Courses and requirements

This major is open to students in the Bachelor of Science. Courses for your major are only one component of the degree requirements you need to graduate. To see all courses required for the major, check the program of study in the academic calendar.

Requirements can change from year to year. You will follow the program of study outlined in MacEwan University's Academic Calendar for the year you declare your major/minor or the year you are accepted into an honours program.