6. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
The basic level of educational achievement for an A.Stat. is a Bachelor's degree in Statistics or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Applicants can fulfill the educational requirement using a combination of courses, accredited by the SSC or not, from one or more institutions.
In the Statistics and Probablity modules, the applicant should provide information about 5 courses past an introductory course in Statistics, one of which must be either Design of Experiments or Survey Sampling. Both are recommended.
Please append a copy of the course outline or final examination for any course not accredited by the SSC.
The course requirement for written communication skills can be met by formal courses in communications (e.g. writing intensive courses) or by other means such as a thesis, practicum report, co-op report, work report etc. Please attach a copy of these reports.
The substantive area should be a discipline in which Statistics is commonly used. For many degree programs, this would be a minor. Most minors are acceptable (e.g., minors in operations research, combinatorics, actuarial science, arts, life sciences, business, engineering, etc.). Other alternatives include a co-op work term or work experience in a job that has a substantial statistical component. Applicants who will use work experience in lieu of academic courses will need to provide reports.