All coursework masters programs at UNSW are fee-paying. In 2001 Australian residents, eligible for the HECS will be able to apply for means tested HECS scholarship for coursework master programs. The Master in Statistics course is included in this scholarship scheme. This means that it will remain fee-paying, but students who meet the criteria will pay on a HECS basis. The academic staff of the Department of Statistics covers a wide range of teaching, research and consulting interests.
All academic staff are active in research as outlined below.
They also have extensive consulting experience within the research community at UNSW as well as for leading commercial clients in areas such as financial mathematics, expert witnessing in legal cases, meteorological modelling, epidemiology and market research. International visitors to the Department may lecture in current topics to the Masters students. Professor and Head of Department William T.M. Dunsmuir , F. Dip. Time series analysis of disease counts, statistical modelling of processes in space and time with applications to meteorological and air quality modelling. Senior Lecturers Peter J. Cooke , M Sc NE, MS PhD Stanford.