MSc in Data Science and Business Statistics

MSc in Data Science and Business Statistics Orientation 31 July 2013 Management Team  Programme Director: Prof Chan Ping Shing Email: benchan@cuhk.edu.hk  Administrative Support: Ms Iris Chan Email: wwchan@sta.cuhk.edu.hk Tel: 3943 1746 Programme Requirements   Complete a minimum of electives Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 Teaching Terms 2013/14 First term September 2013 (Mon) – 30 November 2013 (Sat) Course examinations December 2013 (Mon) – December 2013 (Sat) Second term January 2014 (Mon) – 17 April 2014 (Thur) Course examinations 22 April 2014 (Tue) – 28 April 2014 (Mon) Teaching Timetable (Term 1) Class Code Course Title Period Room RMSC5101 Statistical Methods in Risk Mgt & Finance 金金金金金金金金金 Thu 06:30PM - 09:30PM LSB_LT2 RMSC6001 Interest Rates & Fixed Incomes Risk Mgt 金金金金金金金金金金金金金金 Tue 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_201 STAT5101 Foundations of Data Science 金金金金金金 Wed 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_201 STAT5103 High-Dimensional Data Analysis 金金金金金金 Sat 02:30PM - 05:15PM FYB_UG02 STAT6104 Financial Time Series 金金金金金金 Mon 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_201 STAT6107 Selected Topics on Data Sci & Business Stat Fri 06:30PM - 09:30PM 金金金金金金金金金金金金金 YIA_403 Teaching Timetable (Term 2) Class Code Course Title Period Room STAT5102 Regression in Practice 金金金金金金 Tue 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_405 STAT5104 Data Mining 金金金金 Mon 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_201 STAT6101 Statistics for Management 金金金金 Fri 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_201 STAT6103 Simulations & Statistical Computing 金金金金金金金金金 Sat 02:30PM - 05:30PM YIA_502 STAT6105 Basic Actuarial Principles & Their Applications Thu 06:30PM - 09:30PM 金金金金金金金金金金 CKB_UG05 STAT6106 Applied Bayesian Methods 金金金金金金金 AIT_212 Wed 06:30PM - 09:30PM Building Abbreviations      YIA: Yasumoto International Academic Park 金金金金金金金 FYB: Wong Foo Yuen Building 金金金金 CKB: Chen Kou Ben Building 金金金金 LSB: Lady Shaw Building 金金金金金金 AIT: An Integrated Teaching Building 金金金 金金金 Term Courses  RMSC5101: Statistical Methods in Risk Management and Finance – Chan Ngai Hang  RMSC6001: Interest Rates and Fixed Incomes Risk Management – Lee Pak Kuen Philip Term Courses  STAT5101: Foundations of Data Science – Song Xinyuan  STAT5103: High-Dimensional Data Analysis – Chong Tai Leung Term Courses  STAT6104: Financial Time Series – Yau Chun Yip  STAT6107: Selected Topics on Data Science and Business Statistics – Chan Wai, Fred Ho 10 Term Courses  STAT5102: Regression in Practice – Chan Ping Shing  STAT5104: Data Mining – Leung Pui Lam  STAT6101: Statistics for Management – Ho Kwok Wah 11 Term Courses  STAT6103: Simulations and Statistical Computing – Li Kim Hung  STAT6105: Basic Actuarial Principles and Their Applications  STAT6106: Applied Bayesian Methods – Li Kim Hung 12 Unsatisfactory Performance a) b) c) A student shall be required to discontinue studies if: the cumulative GPA is 1.0 or below, or the student fails to have probation lifted after being put on academic probation for two consecutive terms of attendance, or additional requirements laid down for the programme by the Graduate Division concerned are not satisfied *A student shall be put on academic probation if the cumulative GPA is below 2.0 in the preceding term 13 Academic Honesty and Plagiarism   The University places very high importance on honesty in academic work submitted by students, and adopts a policy of zero tolerance on cheating in examinations and plagiarism Students can refer to the website http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonest y/index.htm for a guide on academic honesty for students 14 MyCUHK  MyCUHK is a one-stop information portal for personalized access to various online resources  Some of the most frequently used are:  CUSIS and MyStudy: access of e-learning platform and perform course selection (guidelines on course selection: www.cuhk.edu.hk/gss/crs_reg)  Webmail: send/receive your emails through the Campus-wide Email System 15 Action Guide  Perform course registration at MyCUHK during course registration period 10:00am on August – 5:30pm on August 2013 with the online registration login ID and password on your admission notification  ITSC will send a 6-digit V-code to you by email or SMS starting from 20 August 2013  Use the V-code to retrieve the Computing Accounts Information (CAI) and CWEM password at http://cai.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk  The CAI and CWEM password can be used to access the student portal MyCUHK 16 Student ID Card Collection    Students may collect their student ID card (CU Link) at CU Link Card Centre during office hours For your convenience, we may collect your student cards on behalf of you and then distribute them to you in classes Please sign your name on the sign-up sheet if you wish to so 17 Campus Parking     Pre-paid parking coupons are available for campus parking ($20/5hrs) The application form is available at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/security_unit/eLabel html Please send the completed form to Iris Chan by mail, email or fax Bring along the necessary documents to Security Office for purchase of parking coupons 18 Useful Links      Department Website: www.sta.cuhk.edu.hk Programme Website: www.sta.cuhk.edu.hk/MScDBS Graduate School: www2.cuhk.edu.hk/gss Campus Map: www.cuhk.edu.hk/english/campus/cuhkcampus-map.html MyCUHK: https://portal.cuhk.edu.hk 19 Thank you 20 ... 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