NOTE ABOUT TIMELY ENROLMENT: BCA courses are delivered by distance across 7 universites. These additional requirements can add to the standard time lines for enrolment processeing at universites. We recommend that you refer to university calendars and enrol in good time before the start of semester.
NOTE ABOUT STUDY RESOURCES: It is important to buy study resources as soon as possible. As most students will be buying books and software remotely from suppliers or home universities, there are likely to be delays while licesences are arranged (for some software) and materials are posted or shipped.
Students should have been given access to online unit sites (in Blackboard) by the start of semester, where they will find study materials to read online or download.
As a courtesy, hard copy materials are also sent by post, but tight enrolment windows at universities mean that coordinators are unable to guarantee delivery before study commences.
NOTE ABOUT CONTACT DETAILS: The BCA Office has no direct link to student records at each university. Once we have received BCA Contact Forms (from newly enrolled students) or official class lists (for all currently enrolled students) from postgraduate offices at home universities, information that you register at your home university will not filter through to the BCA Office on an ongoing basis. You will need to send an email to unit coordinators and the BCA Office, telling them about any changes to your enrolment or contact details. It is particularly important that we have immediate access to the email address that you regularly use (not necessarily you university provided student email) and current postal address.
DELIVERY BY CONSORTIUM:
HOW THE BCA WORKS, IN BRIEF: BCA in nutshell
COURSE INFO: program details
Unit Coordinator Contacts
Click here for BCA unit coordinator contacts
Click here for BCA program coordinator and university contacts
BCA Program Outline
Download BCA Program Outline 2012 PDF
Details include entry requirements, course objectives and unit of study outlines. See the curriculum table on page 5 for unit listing, semester availability, and prerequisites for units of study. See page 6 for examples of how you might structure your studies.
BCA curriculum
Download the Curriculum Guide 2012
Quick reference table showing compulsory units of study for each course, semester availability and prereuistes for each unit.
Textbook & Software Guide for Students
Current details for all compulsory textbooks and statistical software, including purchasing details.
Download Textbook & Software Guide 2012 PDF
Information and forms for students buying SAS directly from the supplier NB: check the Textbook and Software Guide first (page 7), to see whether you can get SAS from your home university.
Procedures for buying SAS from the suppliers are outlined on page 9 of the Textbook and Software Guide. The forms mentioned in these procedures are available below.
SAS order forms (for students at The Universities of Adelaide and Newcastle and Monash University):
Download SAS Purchase Order form 2012
Download SAS Home User Agreement form 2012
Please note:
The SAS 9.2 (education package) requires Professional versions of operating systems (it will not work on Home versions).
SAS advises that under the conditions of the standard software licence renewal, the Product Authorisation Code notice period will cease 30 days after the licence renewal date (required annually).
BCA eLearning - Getting Started
Download BCA eLearning Guide PDF
Most BCA units will be delivered in BLackboard.
Online Resources (textbook and journal access at home university libraries)
Posting copyright material (such as journal articles) online is prohibited by universities. This includes BCA eLearning sites.These references must be accessed through university libraries.
Select the link for your home university to search for availablity of journals and textbooks.
The University of Sydney Library
Macquarie University Library
Newcastle University Library
Monash University Library
The University of Melbourne Library
Adelaide University Library
The University of Queensland Library
BCA Assessment Guide
Procedures for writing and submitting assessment items.
More information:
Download BCA Assessment Guide PDF
Guidelines for Academic Referencing
Download Referencing Style Guide PDF
Guidelines for Reporting Statistical Results
Download Guide for Reporting Statistical Results PDF
Workplace Project Portfolio (WPP) Guidelines
Description of specifications for the unit WPP, including supervision and assessment requirements. Last updated: Jan 2009
More information:
Download WPP Guidelines PDF
Workplace Project Portfolio Examples
Click here to search for previous BCA WPP projects from the Sydney University eScholarships repository.
SSAI Code of Conduct
Attachment to WPP Guidelines (see Preface, page 2). More information:
Click here to view SSAI code of conduct PDF
Workshops and Conferences and other news
Click here for news items and info about upcoming workshops and conferences
Click here for info about past workshops and conferences
BCA Published Papers
Click here to find copies of BCA papers.
Upon Graduation...
Students who have successfully completed their degree, diploma or certificate in biostatistics will graduate from their home university. Graduates receive official acknowledgement of their academic award from this university, ie the university in which they were enrolled and where their student transcript for the course is recorded.
The BCA (represented by all consortium universities collectively) is proud of the achievements of its graduates and acknowledges this by giving a certificate and a letter of congratulations from the BCA Steering Committee to students who have received a (Post)Graduate Diploma or Masters degree.
Star Graduates will receive additional acknowledgment in the letter and certificate.
A Star Graduate is a graduate from the Masters or (Post)Graduate Diploma who has an overall average of at least 85%, and has achieved a mark of 85% or more in all, or all but one, units of study.
Links
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