Maths Units for Combined Commerce/Engineering Degree

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Dan is pursuing a combined Commerce (Finance) and Engineering (Chemical and Process) degree and needs to select a mathematics unit relevant to his engineering career. He is considering several units, including STAT3365, which focuses on statistics in the context of industry and quality control, and two other statistics units that align with his interests and other coursework. Dan is leaning towards a statistics unit due to its applicability in engineering and finance.

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  • Understanding of basic statistics concepts
  • Familiarity with engineering principles, particularly in chemical and process engineering
  • Knowledge of finance fundamentals
  • Awareness of unit selection processes in university curricula
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  • Research the curriculum and outcomes of STAT3365 for its relevance to engineering
  • Explore the content and applications of STAT3361 and its potential benefits
  • Investigate the relationship between statistics and quality control in engineering contexts
  • Review the prerequisites and content of MATH3342 to assess its relevance
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Students in combined Commerce and Engineering programs, particularly those focusing on Chemical and Process Engineering, as well as anyone interested in the application of statistics in industry and finance.

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Hi. I am doing a combined commerce (fiancne)/Engineering (Chemical and Process) degree and as part of the course requirements on the commerce side of my degree i need to choose a maths unit. There are restrictions on what i can do, so there arent too many i can choose from. I basically just want to choose whatever will be most useful to a chemical engineer.

Choices:

http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/math/math3300"
I guess this would be an interesting unit, but i can't see it being relevant to my intended career path.

http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/math/math3324"
I don't know if this kinda thing is actually useful to a practicing engineer, but i know it goes really well with some of the other units i will be taking (http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/chpr/chpr3433"), i think.

http://www.maths.uwa.edu.au/Units/stat3361-s1-2008-crawley/view"
I guess statistics and random processes apply to everything. This is also a recommended (although not required) unit to another unit i will be taking, "Applied probability in commerce and finance". I also have interest in this unit, which is making this a very tempting choice.

http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/math/math3334"
I guess it could be interesting, but i can't see it being very applicable to what i plan on doing.

http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/math/math3342"

http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/stat/stat3365"
I think this would be the most applicable to engineering since it takes statistics and puts it in the context of industry and quality control.


So they are the units i can choose from. I think i will choose either of the statistics units or the control theory unit, but any input at all will be great :)

Thanks,
Dan.
 
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Either one with statistics is a good choice I'd say. Statistics is a good thing to know, even if only a little bit.
 
Thanks for the reply. I've pretty much decided it will be one of the statistics units, but not sure which one yet. Its still a few years away so there's no rush for me to decide, but i just wanted to get my study plan all done :smile:
 

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