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| Study mode | Duration | Tuition fees | Start date | Venue | Request free info |
| Distance / Online | 3 Year(s) | A$ 25,472 (US$ 26,636) a year | FEB-11,JUL-11 |
Macquarie University |
Course summary
This program has been designed to provide advanced biostatistical training for a diverse range of students. It is primarily aimed at those wishing to become highly trained professional biostatisticians. Candidates should possess an aptitude for advanced mathematics, and a desire to learn biostatistics. Due to an increasing demand for well trained diagnosticians, a group of senior academic biostatisticians around Australia have collaborated to mount this distance education program. This group is known as the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia (BCA), with representatives from major Australian universities with medical statistics expertise, pharmaceutical companies, government and non-government organisations, all as major employers with a valued stake in the future of biostatistics.
Entry requirement for international students
Students must possess a bachelor degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Science, Psychology, Medicine, Pharmacy, Economics, Health Sciences or other appropriate discipline, from an approved university (or equivalent qualification); A proven aptitude for advanced mathematical work, indicated for example by a high level of achievement in high school or undergraduate mathematics and a pass in an introductory course in statistics, covering at least the estimation of means and proportions with confidence intervals and the comparison of means and proportions between two groups using hypothesis tests (i.e. t-tests and chi-squared tests for 2x2 tables) such as STAT170. Students should also have a bachelor degree in statistics, mathematics, science, psychology, medicine, pharmacy, economics, health sciences or other appropriate discipline, from an approved university (or equivalent qualification); a proven aptitude for advanced mathematical work, indicated for example by a high level of achievement in high school or undergraduate mathematics; and a pass in an introductory course in statistics, covering at least the estimation of means and proportions with confidence intervals, and the comparison of means and proportions between two groups using hypothesis tests (i.e. t-tests and chi-squared tests for 2x2 tables), such as STAT170. No work experience required. Students should have a minimum IELTS (Academic English only) score of 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in each section; minimum TOEFL (paper based test) score of 580 overall, with 53 listening, 52 reading, 59 structure/written expression, 5.0 TWE; TOEFL (computer based test) score of 237 overall, with 19 listening, 19 reading, 25 structure/writing and TOEFL (internet based test) score of 92 overall, with 18 listening, 17 reading, 22 writing and 22 speaking.
Macquarie University accepts IELTS*
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Qualification
Masters
Awarding body
MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
About Macquarie University
As a Macquarie University student you will join a diverse and welcoming community of 33,000 students, with 10,400 international students from over 114 countries. Graduate outcomes With the high calibre of its courses and teaching staff, it is not surprising that Macquarie's graduates are highly sought after: their starting salaries have been amongst the highest in Australia for more than a decade (The Good Universities Guide 1998-2010). Research focus Macquarie' read more
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