Course Summary
This full-time one-year conversion course is intended for students who wish to deepen their statistical skills and develop an in-depth and applied understanding of sustainability from a variety of perspectives. This is a flagship MSc of Trinity College Dublin’s E3 ‘Engineering, Environment and Emerging Technology’ initiative and the course embodies the E3 mission to create a more sustainable future for our world.
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Career Sectors
This course prepares you for working in the Career Sectors below. Follow the links to get a fuller understanding of the sectors you are preparing for.
Entry Requirements
Admission Requirements
Applicants must have first-class or upper second-class (2.1) Honours undergraduate degree that includes at least one year of university-level Mathematics (including linear algebra and calculus topics). The programme also caters for applicants who already have an undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Statistics, or other highly quantitative subjects.
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Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests. If these interests do not describe you, this course may prepare you for work you may not find satisfying.
Investigative
The Investigative person will usually find a particular area of science to be of interest. They are inclined toward intellectual and analytical activities and enjoy observation and theory. They may prefer thought to action, and enjoy the challenge of solving problems with sophiscticated technology. These types prefer mentally stimulating environments and often pay close attention to developments in their chosen field.
Enterprising
Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.
Career Progression
Designed for graduates of disciplines other than statistics who want to develop and deepen their knowledge of statistical methods for solving problems involving data, this course allows graduates to increase their employability and apply the ideas and methods to which they have been introduced in their own work. Graduates from the M.Sc. in Statistics and Sustainability will emerge highly numerate and statistically skilled, and with an in-depth understanding of the sustainability and environmental issues facing today’s world.