Dr. Mangwiro Magodora (Chairman)
The Department is an active and diverse unit. The department’s academic programmes lead to BSc Honours in a wide range of areas. The two main undergraduate programs are: Statistics and Financial Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. We also offer Post graduate Diploma in Financial Mathematics. The Department also plays a substantial and innovative role in bringing Mathematical Science to the community. The O’ and ‘A’ Level Mathematics Olympiad, data analytics and Applied Mathematics are the major activities.
The Department also provides teaching and research services to various departments across faculties in the university.
Mission
The department seek to provide, promote and stimulate personal and professional development to students and staff through excellence in teaching, research, innovation and extension service.
Core Values
- Learning
- Integrity
- Excellence
- Teamwork
- Student Centeredness
- Discipline
- Commitment
- Diligence
- Statistics and Financial Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics
- Post graduate Diploma in Financial Mathematics.
- Statistical and Mathematical modeling of real life systems. Financial modeling of current trends in the financial sector.
- Big Data analysis
- Business Intelligence and Econometric Modelling
- Surveys, Development and Demographic Studies
- Numerical modelling
- Machine learning (neural networks)
The Department is an active and diverse unit. The department’s academic programmes lead to BSc Honours in a wide range of areas. The two main undergraduate programs are: Statistics and Financial Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. We also offer Post graduate Diploma in Financial Mathematics. The Department also plays a substantial and innovative role in bringing Mathematical Science to the community. The O’ and ‘A’ Level Mathematics Olympiad, data analytics and Applied Mathematics are the major activities.
Highlights of Emerging Niche Areas Current Major Research Clusters are:- Applied Statistics: Basira K.B. (Team leader): 0776 388 419, basirakf@gmail.com
- Applied Mathematics: Magodora (Team leader): 0774 324 963, mmangwiro@gmail.com
- Financial Modelling: Kusotera B. (Team leader): 0772 364 274, bkusotera@buse.ac.zw
Existing Collaboration/Partnerships
- Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)
Highlights of Extension/Community Engagement
- Continuous participation in the annual BUSE Olympiad (Statistics & Mathematics)
- Providing data analytics short courses to industry such as bankers, NGO practitioners and other key stakeholders.
- Provide training in statistical and mathematical packages such as SPSS, Minitab, Matlab, E-views and R.
- The department has fostered external collaborations with the Govan Mbeki Mathematics Development Centre in developing STEM related programmes since November 2018.