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BSc Honours in Industrial Statistics

Offered by the Department of Statistics

Degree Aims
  • Provide students with in-depth knowledge in statistics with a special focus on industry related applications.
  • The programme produces graduates geared for the industry as well as for academia.
Coordinator

Dr. Pemantha Lakraj
pemantha@stat.cmb.ac.lk

Entry Requirements

Eligibility: GPA of 3.00 for IS and ST core courses and GPA of 2.70 for PM 1013 and PM 2011.

Selection: Total weighted mark obtained for IS and ST core courses.

Course Modules

(L – No. of Lecture hours, P – No. of Practical hours, X – Core, O – Optional)

Level 3
Semester I
Pre Required Course Code Title No. of Credits No. of Hours IS
IS 3001 Sampling Techniques 2 30L X
IS 3050 Statistical Inference 3 45L X
IS 3051 Advanced Statistical Process Control 2 30L X
ST 2006 ST 3006 Regression Analysis 2 30L X
ST 3074 Time Series Analysis 2 30L O
ST 3085 Computational Statisticss 2 30L X
ST 3076 Reliability Data Analysis 3 45L O
FM 3005 Economics I for Finance and Insurance 3 45L O
MS 3002 Advanced Marketing Research 1 15L X
MS 3009 Operational Research II 3 30L 30P O
CS 3112 Advanced Web Development 3 30L 30P O
Semester II
Pre Required Course Code Title No. of Credits No. of Hours IS
IS 3003 Special Topics I 2 15L 30P O
IS 3052 Advanced Topics in Experimental Design 2 30L X
IS 3053 Data Mining Techniques 2 15L 30P X
IS 3082 Statistical Learning I 2 60P X
IS 3083 Multivariate Data Analysis 3 45L O
MS 3004 Quality Management/Project Management 2 30L X
MS 3008 Accounting for Finance 3 45L X
IT 3002 Database Systems 3 30L 30P O
Level 4
Semester I
Course Code Title No. of Credits No. of Hours IS
ST 4051 Scientific Writing 1 30P O
IS 4002 Advanced Statistical Modeling 3 45L X
ST 4011 Econometrics 2 30L O
ST 4031 Stochastic Processes and Applications 3 45L X
ST 4035 Data Science 3 30L 30P O
IS 4003 Special Topics II 2 30L O
ST 4052 Statistical Learning II 2 60P X
MS 4007 Risk Management 2 30L O
MS 4007 MS 4008 Industrial Psychology 2 30L O
Semester II
Course Code Title No. of Credits No. of Hours IS
IS 4005 Industrial Training 4 120P X
IS 4006 Individual Project 8 240P X
FM 4007 Economics II for Finance and Insurance 3 45L O
CS 4113 Natural Language Processing 3 30L 30P O