BS in Statistics
Admission to the Program
Formal admission to the major requires a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 (on a 4.00 scale) and departmental approval.
Tracks
Mathematical Statistics and Applied Statistics
University Requirements
- A total of 120 credit hours
- 6 credit hours of college writing
- 3 credit hours of college mathematics or the equivalent by examination
General Education Requirements
- A total of ten courses, consisting of one foundation course and one second-level course in an approved sequence from each of the five curricular areas
- No more than two courses may be taken in the same discipline
Major Requirements
- Mathematical Statistics: 47 credit hours with grades of C or better
- Applied Statistics: 54–55 credit hours with grades of C or better
Course Requirements
Mathematical Statistics
- CSC-280 Introduction to Computer Science I (4)
- MATH-221 Calculus I (4)
- MATH-222 Calculus II (4)
- MATH-313 Calculus III (4)
- MATH-310 Linear Algebra (3)
- MATH-501 Probability (3)
- STAT-202 Basic Statistics (4)
- STAT-502 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (3)
- STAT-515 Regression (3)
- STAT-516 Design of Experiments (3)
- Four additional courses at or above 300 in the department, of which two must have the prefix STAT- (STAT-514 cannot be used and STAT-300 and STAT-302 cannot both be used) as approved by an advisor. CSC-281 may substitute for a course with a prefix of MATH-.
Applied Statistics
- CSC-280 Introduction to Computer Science I (4)
- MATH-211 Applied Calculus I (4) and MATH-212 Applied Calculus II (3) or MATH-221 Calculus I (4) and MATH-222 Calculus II (4)
- MATH-310 Linear Algebra (3)
- MATH-501 Probability (3)
- STAT-202 Basic Statistics (4)
- STAT-300 Business and Economic Statistics (3) or STAT-302 Intermediate Statistics (3)
- STAT-502 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (3)
- STAT-515 Regression (3)
- STAT-516 Design of Experiments (3)
- Two additional courses selected from the department as approved by a student’s advisor
- At least five additional courses in a related field, as approved by an advisor. The courses may be selected from more than one teaching unit, but must have a common theme or subject area in which statistics are applied.