University of Malta
Faculty of Science
Statistics and Operations Research (Joint Area)
(for courses commencing October 2020)
YEAR ONE
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 12 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| SOR1110 |
Probability |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| SOR1220 |
Statistical Computing |
6 ECTS |
(NC) |
| SOR1310 |
Optimization |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| SOR1320 |
Linear Programming |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
| SOR1450 |
Principles of Financial Mathematics and Life Policies |
4 ECTS |
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Semester 1
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
| CIS1044 |
SQL for Statisticians |
2 ECTS |
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| ENG1062 |
English Proficiency |
2 ECTS |
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| MAT1091 |
Mathematical Methods |
4 ECTS |
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| MAT1100* |
Introductory Mathematics |
4 ECTS |
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| SOR1250 |
Official Statistics and Demography |
4 ECTS |
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Semester 2
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
| MAT1116** |
Introduction to Vector Spaces |
2 ECTS |
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| MAT1211* |
Analysis 1 |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN1063 |
Academic Reading and Writing in English |
2 ECTS |
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*It is more than strongly suggested that students taking Statistics and Operations Research and other subject (except for Mathematics) follow these study-units. Failure to do so will greatly impair the process of the course. Students must also check the pre-requisite requirements.
**MAT1116 cannot be taken as an elective bu students taking Banking and Finance or Mathematics.
YEAR TWO
Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| SOR2120 |
Convergence and Limits in Probability |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| SOR2211 |
Families of Random Variables and Random Vectors |
6 ECTS |
(NC) |
| SOR2221 |
Statistical Inference 1 |
6 ECTS |
(NC) |
| SOR2230 |
Time Series 1 |
4 ECTS |
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| SOR2250 |
Sampling 1 |
4 ECTS |
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| SOR2330 |
Nonlinear Programming |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| SOR2110 |
History and Philosophy of Probability and Statistics |
2 ECTS |
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YEAR THREE
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 4 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| SOR3110 |
Stochastic Processes 1 |
5 ECTS |
(NC) |
| SOR3210 |
Multivariate Analysis 1 |
5 ECTS |
(NC) |
| SOR3320 |
Integer and Dynamic Programming |
4 ECTS |
|
| SOR3221 |
Regression Models |
4 ECTS |
(NC) |
| SOR3243 |
Bayesian Statistics |
4 ECTS |
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| SOR3500 |
Computational Methods in Statistics and Operations Research |
4 ECTS |
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Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
| SOR3330 |
Queuing Theory |
4 ECTS |
|
| SOR3430 |
The Mathematics of Financial Markets: Discrete Models |
4 ECTS |
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Semester 1
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
| CIS1044 |
SQL for Statisticians |
2 ECTS |
|
| SOR3242 |
Robust Statistics |
2 ECTS |
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| SOR3250* |
Design of Experiments |
2 ECTS |
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* Study-unit SOR3250 cannot be taken by Biology and Statistics and Operations Research students.
Semester 2
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
YEAR FOUR
If Statistics and Operations Research is chosen as the main area of study:Students are required to register for 22 ECTS credits from the list of Electives and 18 ECTS credits assigned to a project study-unit to a total of 40 ECTS credits.
If Statistics and Operations Research is chosen as the other area of study:Students are required to register for 20 ECTS credits from the list of Electives.
Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
Compulsory UnitEither
| SOR3101 |
Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Probability |
18 ECTS |
(NC) |
Or
| SOR3201 |
Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Statistics |
18 ECTS |
(NC) |
Or
| SOR3301 |
Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Operations Research |
18 ECTS |
(NC) |
Or
| SOR3401 |
Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Financial and Actuarial Mathematics |
18 ECTS |
(NC) |
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
| SOR3111 |
Measure and Integration Theory |
6 ECTS |
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| SOR3121 |
Stochastic Processes 2 |
6 ECTS |
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| SOR3131 |
An Introduction to Stochastic Differential Equations |
4 ECTS |
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| SOR3211 |
Generalized Linear Models |
4 ECTS |
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| SOR3222 |
Nonlinear and Nonparametric Regression Analysis |
4 ECTS |
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| SOR3231 |
Time Series 2 |
4 ECTS |
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| SOR3311 |
Stochastic Programming |
6 ECTS |
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| SOR3411 |
Risk Modelling in Insurance and Finance |
4 ECTS |
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| SOR3430 |
The Mathematics of Financial Markets: Discrete Models |
4 ECTS |
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Semester 1
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.
* Study-unit SOR3250 cannot be taken by students taking Biology and Statistics and Operations Research.
This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the degree of Bachelor of Science – B.Sc. and Bachelor of Science (Honours) – B.Sc.(Hons.) under the auspices of the Faculty of Science.
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Last Updated: 16 June 2020
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The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints.
Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.
Unless for exceptional approved reasons, no changes to the programme of study for a particular academic year will be made once the students' registration period for that academic year begins.
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