6.77	Textile Sciences

Acting Head: Tammi S. Feltham
General Office: 205 Human Ecology Building
Telephone: (204) 474 8137
Fax: (204) 474 7592
Email: textile_sciences@umanitoba.ca
Website: umanitoba.ca/human_ecology/textiles/

Academic Staff

Program Information
The University of Manitoba offers graduate programs in statistics leading to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees as well as B.Sc. in Statistics degree. Applications are encouraged from students with strong interest in statistics, mathematics or engineering.

Graduates from the program have found challenging careers in diverse fields. These include: technical product developer for medical/healthcare, industrial, and exercise and sports end uses, textile testing in industry or government research laboratories, post-secondary education, quality assurance, or a stepping stone to a Ph.D. degree.

Fields of Research
Areas of research interest in the department include: biometrics; data analysis; design of experiments; large sample estimation theory; linear models; multivariate analysis; nonparametric statistics; reliability and life testing; statistical inference; statistical quality control; survey sampling theory; time series; stochastic processes; decision theory; and probability theory.

Research Facilities
In addition to the vast network of computing facilities maintained by Computer Services at the University of Manitoba, the Department of Statistics maintains two smaller networks for use by their students. The graduate computing laboratory consists of a blend of environments including IBM compatible personal computers, Macintosh computers, and Sparc/Sun Workstations supported by Computer Services. The undergraduate computing facility includes a local network of Macintosh computers and PC computers and terminals also linked to Computer Service's University and Unix Networks.

The library holds major volumes of English-language periodicals in textile sciences and ancillary areas. Networked computer facilities can be accessed from convenient locations including the Faculty of Human Ecology micro-computer laboratory.

M.Sc. in Textile Sciences

Admission
Admission requirements are those of the Faculty of Graduate Studies found in the Graduate Studies Regulations Section of this Calendar.

Application Deadlines
Canadian/U.S. students and international students must submit their application and supporting documentation to the Department by December 1.

Program Requirements
Program requirements are those of the Faculty of Graduate Studies found in the Graduate Studies Regulations Section of this Calendar.

Second language reading requirement: none.

Expected time to graduate: two years.

Ph.D.
The Department of Textile Sciences does not offer a Ph.D. program.