Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics and Statistics

Programme Director: Prof CHIU, Sung Nok

The BSc programme is designed to provide students with an education that prepares them for careers as practising mathematicians and/or statisticians. In order to accomplish this aim in the Hong Kong context, certain objectives have been incorporated into the curriculum as follows:

1. To give students a solid foundation in fundamental mathematics and statistics upon which to build their understanding of mathematical applications;
2. To provide a broad-based applied mathematics and statistics education;
3. To integrate computing literacy throughout students' studies because computers are indispensable tools for solving mathematical and statistical problems;
4. To foster in students an eagerness to solve scientific, industrial and commercial problems of concern to the local community and beyond, and
5. To teach students how to formulate suitable mathematical and statistical models for solving these problems.

The optional concentrations* provide great flexibility to students. Students can choose the programme without concentration, one or even two concentrations according to their interest and career goal. These concentrations are designed to deliver some more specific objectives.

– Actuarial Statistics Concentration
– Financial Risk Management Concentration
– Operations Research Concentration
– Quantitative Data Analysis Concentration
– Scientific Computing Concentration

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

* Students who wish to pursue a concentration are required to declare their concentrations in the semester 2 of Year 4. Students who have not declared any concentration before the deadline will be considered as not pursuing any concentration by default.

Students can make use of the Major Electives and Free Electives to pursue a concentration within the department by completing seven required courses (or 21 units).

It is possible for students to make use of the remaining Free Electives to pursue a second concentration by completing another seven required courses (or 21 units) in the second concentration. Courses may not be doubled counted towards multiple concentration requirements. Students are welcome to seek advice from the academic adviser of the corresponding concentration if assistance is needed.

# Students may take additional GE courses in any categories to fulfil the “Free Electives” requirement but only a maximum of 6 units will be counted towards the fulfilment of the “Free Electives” requirement.

Requirements

 ^ Students are required to take at least one Level 4 Major elective course.