Program requirements

The program requirements (course list and program rules (PDF, 175KB)) set out the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete this program. 

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

What do the different requirements mean?

  • Compulsory - all students must complete this course
  • Prerequisite for major - a course required for this major
  • Required for Major - a course required for this major
  • Recommended - a course which complements the major, but can be substituted for an elective
  • Elective - an elective course from the course list, or as permitted by the program rules

Year 1 - Semester 1

Course Code & Title Requirements
MATH1051 Calculus & Linear Algebra I1,2
OR
MATH1071 Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra I2 ]
Compulsory
MATH1061 Discrete Mathematics Compulsory
SCIE1000 Theory & Practice in Science Recommended
Elective Elective
  1. Students without at least a Sound Achievement in Queensland Senior Maths C are required to take MATH1050 as an elective before MATH1051.
  2. Students with a High Achievement in Senior Maths C (or a 6 or 7 in MATH1050) should take the sequence MATH1071, MATH1072 and MATH2401. Students with a Sound Achievement in Senior Maths C (or a 4 or 5 in MATH1050) should take the sequence MATH1051, MATH1052 and MATH2400.
  3. MATH1050 is not available for students with a High Achievement in Senior Maths C. MATH1050 is not available to students who have passed MATH1051 and/or MATH1071 and/or MATH1052 and/or MATH1072
Year 1 - Semester 2
Course Code & Title Requirements
STAT1301 Advanced Analysis of Scientific Data Compulsory
MATH1052 Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations2
OR
MATH1072 Advanced Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations2 ]
Compulsory
Elective Elective
Elective Elective
  1. Students with a High Achievement in Senior Maths C (or a 6 or 7 in MATH1050) should take the sequence MATH1071, MATH1072 and MATH2401. Students with a Sound Achievement in Senior Maths C (or a 4 or 5 in MATH1050) should take the sequence MATH1051, MATH1052 and MATH2400.

Year 2

Semester Required for Program/Major Recommended
1 MATH2001 Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra II
STAT2003 Mathematical Probability

MATH2400 Mathematical Analysis1
OR
SCIE2100 Introduction to Bioinfomatics
2

MATH2401 Mathematical Analysis and Advanced Topics1 ]

 

COSC2500 Numerical Methods in Computational Science
STAT2004 Statistical Modelling & Analysis

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  1. Students with a High Achievement in Senior Maths C (or a 6 or 7 in MATH1050) should take the sequence MATH1071, MATH1072 and MATH2401. Students with a Sound Achievement in Senior Maths C (or a 4 or 5 in MATH1050) should take the sequence MATH1051, MATH1052 and MATH2400.

Year 3

Semester Required for Program/Major Recommended
1 MATH3401 Complex Analysis
STAT3001 Mathematical Statistics
STAT3004 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes

Choose at least 2 units from: (or any level 4 STAT course with permission)

MATH3090 Financial Mathematics
MATH3202 Operations Research

MATH3201 Scientific Computing: Advanced techniques and applications
MATH3302 Coding & Cryptography
2

MATH3404 Optimisation Theory
STAT3306 Statistical Analysis of Genetic Data ]


STAT3006 Statistical Learning
STAT3500 Modern Statistics
SCIE31003 Bioinformatics 2: Development & Research
  1. From Semester 1 2021, SCIE3100 replaces BIOL3014.