Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Statistics

University of Canterbury

A Bachelor of Science (BSc) is about understanding and improving the natural world through observation, experimentation, modelling, and calculation. You will investigate the big issues confronting New Zealand and our planet, including climate change, human health and diseases, the global water crisis, food security, and environmental protection. A BSc will expose you to new ideas and technologies, develop your research skills, and help you make a contribution to the challenges facing our world. Study Involve: Learn from a wide network of field stations reaching from Antarctica to Nigeria and throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ‘Do science’ right from the first semester of your first year. We have access to the most field stations of any New Zealand university and offer a range of practical experiences, research projects, and lab and fieldwork. Global study experiences, including exchanges to partner universities. You can choose to take a minor in Science, or from additional subjects in Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health, Product Design, Sport, or Youth and Community Leadership. Statistics makes sense of data using mathematical modelling to explain what is observed and to predict what is yet unknown. There are many areas in which statistics helps us to understand what is going on and to predict what is likely to happen in the future, from climate change to the economy to medicine. Study Involve Learn statistical processes and techniques, including collecting data, choosing methods, and communicating results. Take part in research and projects while working with visiting experts, research centres, and potential employers. Study Statistics in a wide range of degrees to add data knowledge to your other interests.

Faculty of Science