Statistics And Operation Research Degree
Programme
The Faculty also conducts four year B.Sc. degree programmes in
Statistics and Operations Research for students admitted from a
separate window by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Aims:
To provide an intellectually challenging undergraduate degree
programme in the theory and practice of Statistical Science and
Operations Research and to equip those students who wish to enter
industry, commerce or public organizations with high quality skills
required. This training would enable the students to proceed directly
to fully fledged positions such as Statisticians in industry, commerce
or public organizations, to take up trainee positions in accountancy,
insurance or management. The programme would also act as a
prerequisite for s Master’s programme of Statistics and Operations
Research.
Objectives:
Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing,
interpreting and presenting data. Operations research is the
professional discipline that deals with the application of scientific
methods in decision making. The objective of this four year
programme is to provide undergraduates as adequate coverage of
Statistics and Operations Research using mathematics and computing,
and train them for a career in industry of commerce. At the
completion of the course, the graduates would have acquired
sufficient knowledge and skills to use statistics and operations research
to meet the challenges of the modern business world.
Departments of Study:
Department of Statistics and Computer Science and Department of
Mathematics with visiting lecturers from Departments of Production
Engineering, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mathematics of the
Faculty of Engineering University of Peradeniya.
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