Postgraduate Courses

Postgraduate Courses Offered

In the list below, some courses have meaningful names and a description of their contents. These courses are normally taught every second year and some centrally important courses are taught every year. Others are "topics" courses. Some of these allow students to take a course based on a Stage 3 lecture course (but with some additional work to bring it up to a postgraduate level). Others indicate areas where we have staff who are willing (indeed keen) to put on special courses whenever student interest and resources permit. International visitors also often teach a course that is close to their research interests when they are in Auckland.

You will also be allowed to include some courses from other Departments that complement your studies in statistics.

If you decide you wish to enrol at Auckland, see Postgraduate Courses for 2009. This website describes in more detail which of the courses listed below that will actually be taught in the coming year (or semester) and gives other information including prerequisites which is useful for graduate students studying in our department.

The Academic Year

The University of Auckland works on a semester system. There are two semesters in a year. 2009 dates are: (First Semester) 2 March - 29 June; (Second Semester) 20 July - 16 November. Each semester follows a pattern of a 12 teaching weeks, with a 2-week break in the middle, followed by an examination period. A standard full time course-load is 8 courses over two consecutive semesters (4 per semester). Enrolment can begin in the first or second semester of an academic year. A selection of the following courses is offered each year. For the current offering see the publication Postgraduate Courses for 2009

List of Graduate Courses