AUT - Graduate Certificate & Graduate Diploma in Mathematical Sciences
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Graduate Certificate & Graduate Diploma in Mathematical Sciences
Programme Code: Graduate Certificate AK1302, Graduate Diploma AK1301
Level: 7
Points: Certificate - 60, Diploma – 120
Duration: Certificate - 6 months full time, Diploma - One year full time
Venue: City Campus
Starting date: 27 February 2012 / 16 July 2012
There are limited places available. AUT encourages early application. Applicants will normally be selected on the basis of their level of academic achievement and may be required to attend a selection interview.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The aim of the Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate in Mathematical Sciences is to give students the opportunity to gain advanced expertise and knowledge in mathematical sciences. These qualifications will be of particular interest to professionals, such as secondary school teachers, who wish to update their skills in current technologies and applications of mathematical sciences relevant to their various professional contexts. These qualifications will also allow students who have a degree in another discipline, with a minor or similar in mathematics, to extend their skills and knowledge in mathematical sciences.
WHAT THESE QUALIFICATIONS COVER
Students will deepen their knowledge of mathematical sciences by studying a selection of Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences papers.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Career opportunities can come under a range of different fields:
- Business analyst
- Engineering systems analyst
- Financial analyst
- Operations Research
- Quality Assurance
- Secondary teacher (following an additional year of teacher training)*
- Statistical analyst
- Time series and statistical forecasting
* For more information on becoming a Secondary teacher, please see Careers in Education - Secondary Teaching.
PAPERS
Graduate Certificate: A student must complete 60 points from the Bachelor of Mathematical Science papers with at least 45 points from level 7 papers.
Graduate Diploma in Mathematical Sciences: A student must complete 120 points from the Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences papers with at least 75 points from level 7 papers.
Please see the Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences for more information.