School of Mathematics and Statistics

Definitions

For formal definitions of terms such as "program" or "course" used in the university see the UNSW A to Z Guide.

Informally the meanings are as follows:

Program is used in short for a Degree Program, which is the combination of courses that you apply to take, are admitted into and finally graduate from. Programs are designated by a name and a 4 digit code, for example Masters of Statistics 8770.
a Course is a course that you enrol in and for which you get a mark and grade. Courses are designated by a 4 letter prefix denoting the area of study and a 4 digit identifier, for example MATH5836 Data Mining.
a unit of credit is a a measure of how much work is involved in the course. Notionally a total effort of 30 hours over the whole semester is expected for each unit of credit. Most Mathematics courses are worth 6 units of credit. A full time load is 24 units of credit in each semester for 48 units of credit per year.

Postgraduate Coursework Programs

Follow the links for:

an Overview of the ways Maths etc can be studied at Postgraduate level at UNSW
Details of rules for postgraduate programs in Maths
Details of postgraduate Maths courses
Applied Mathematics information
Pure Mathematics information
Statistics information