Statistics Department

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMS

The undergraduate major in Statistics builds on the breadth of study begun as part of the Arts and Sciences Core to include courses in foundations of statistics, statistical methodology, and data analysis, in addition to courses in a substantive field to which statistics is frequently applied. The goal is to give the undergraduate student an appreciation of each facet of the discipline and some technical understanding as well. For the undergraduate student looking toward graduate school, the course of study within these guidelines easily incorporates additional coursework in mathematics in preparation for more challenging and exciting graduate courses. The more specialized actuarial science program expands the basic undergraduate program in statistics to incorporate topics from operations research and numerical analysis which are fundamental to actuarial theory and computation.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

The undergraduate major in Statistics builds on the breadth of study begun as part of the Arts and Sciences Core to include courses in foundations of statistics, statistical methodology, and data analysis, in addition to courses in a substantive field to which statistics is frequently applied. The goal is to give the undergraduate student an appreciation of each facet of the discipline and some technical understanding as well.

For the undergraduate student looking toward graduate school, the course of study within these guidelines easily incorporates additional coursework in mathematics in preparation for more challenging and exciting graduate courses.

The more specialized actuarial science program expands the basic undergraduate program in statistics to incorporate topics from operations research and numerical analysis which are fundamental to actuarial theory and computation.

The B.S. degree adds a laboratory science requirement. For students seriously interested in basic science, a natural science is the logical choice as a focus for the application, and the B.S. degree is the logical choice of program.

Bachelor of Science in Statistics

The B.S. degree in statistics requires a minimum of 124 hours, including at least 68 hours of approved coursework, including 27 hours in statistics, the remainder in related disciplines and a substantive field of application, to satisfy the following requirements:

(1) MATH 121, 122, 223, 224, and 201 or equivalent;
(2) CMPS 131 or ECMP 251 or approved alternate; plus an additional higher numbered course in computation from CMPS or ECMP offerings or EPBI 414 or EPBI 420;
(3) STAT 325 and 326, STAT 345 and 346;
(4) At least 15 hours of courses in statistical methodology to be chosen from statistics courses numbered 300 and higher offered by the Statistics Department, or approved courses in statistical methodology or probability taught in biostatistics, computer science, economics, mathematics, operations research, systems engineering, etc. At least 6 hours must be in STAT courses; 243 and STAT 244 may be counted;
(5) Two approved courses (or more) numbered 300 or above in an approved discipline outside statistics;
(6) A combined total of 12 hours (or more) in ASTR, BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHYS which may be counted toward a major in that field including at least one of PHYS 121 and 122, CHEM 105 and 106 plus 113, CHEM 107 and 108 plus 113, BIOL 110 and 210 plus 211, BIOL 110 and 220 plus 221.

Students are strongly encouraged to include advanced expository or technical writing courses in their programs.

Bachelor of Arts

The B.A. degree in statistics requires a minimum of 120 hours, including at least 56 hours of approved coursework, including 27 hours in statistics, the remainder in related disciplines and a substantive field of application, to satisfy the following requirements:

(1) MATH 121, 122, 223, 224, and 201 or equivalent;
(2) CMPS 131 or ECMP 251 or approved alternate; plus an additional higher numbered course in computation from CMPS or ECMP offerings or EPBI 414 or EPBI 420;
(3) STAT 325 and 326, STAT 345 and 346;
(4) At least 15 hours of courses in statistical methodology to be chosen from statistics courses numbered 300 and higher offered by the Statistics Department, or approved courses in statistical methodology or probability taught in biostatistics, computer science, economics, mathematics, operations research, systems engineering, etc. At least 6 hours must be in STAT courses; 243 and STAT 244 may be counted;
(5) Two approved courses (or more) numbered 300 or above in an approved discipline outside statistics.

Students are strongly encouraged to include advanced expository or technical writing courses in their programs. Students may pursue a B.A. with double major in statistics and a related field from within the College of Arts and Sciences. In this case, the substantive field requirement (No. 5 above) is waived.

Bachelor Degrees - Options in Actuarial Science

The actuarial program leading to a either a B.A. or a B.S. in statistics requires 30 hours in statistics and actuarial studies and must satisfy the requirements for the appropriate degree program with the following modifications of requirements (4) and (5):

(4) At least 12 hours of courses in statistical methodology to be chosen from statistics courses numbered 300 and higher offered by the Statistics Department, or approved courses in statistical methodology or probability taught in biostatistics, computer science, economics, mathematics, operations research, systems engineering, etc. At least 6 hours must be in STAT courses; STAT 243 and STAT 244 may be counted;
(5) MATH 431, OPRE 201, STAT 317, STAT 318.

Students ordinarily can expect to be prepared to take Actuarial Exams for at least 100 credits in the Society of Actuaries prior to graduation.

Minor in Statistics

A minor in statistics requires a minimum of 15 hours of approved coursework in statistics. The minor must satisfy the requirements below and must include a minimum of 9 credits in courses from the Statistics Department offerings.

(1) STAT 243 and 244 or STAT 345 and 346 or other approved sequence
(2) STAT 208 or STAT 312 or STAT 313 or STAT 332 or STAT 333 or STAT 325
(3) Two approved elective courses in statistics numbered 300 or above.

Combined Bachelor-Master Degrees

The combined bachelor-master degrees in statistics require a minimum of 21 hours beyond the bachelor's degree requirements. In total, 42 hours must be in statistics, including an M.S. thesis or M.S. research project, with the remainder (either 41 or 26 hours for B.S. or B.A., respectively) in approved coursework in related disciplines and a field of application. In addition to the B.S. or B.A. requirements, a combined degree program must include:

(1) STAT 455 and three semesters of STAT 491;
(2) M.S. research project (STAT 621) or M.S. Thesis (STAT 651);
(3) At least 6 additional hours of courses in statistical theory and methodology (making a total of 21 hours including at least 4 STAT courses numbered 400 or higher) to be chosen from Statistics Department offerings numbered 300 and higher, or approved courses in statistical methodology or probability taught in biostatistics, computer science, economics, mathematics, operations research, systems engineering, etc. Students are strongly encouraged to include advanced expository or technical writing courses in their programs.

PROTOTYPE PROGRAMS - STATISTICS COURSEWORK

B.S. Program

Year 1:MATH 121MATH 122
CMPS 131GER: Arts and Humanities
ENGL 150GER: Science
GER: ScienceGER: Social Sciences
GER: Social SciencesFree Elective
Physical Education RequirementPhysical Education Requirement
Total: 16 hoursTotal: 16 hours
Year 2:MATH 223MATH 224
STAT 243MATH 201
GER: Arts and HumanitiesSTAT 244
GER: Social SciencesGER: Arts and Humanities
Free ElectiveGER: Global and Cultural Diversity
Total: 15 hoursTotal: 15 hours
Year 3:STAT 345STAT 346
EPBI 420STAT Elective
Substantive Field RequirementSubstantive Field Requirement
GER: Arts and HumanitiesFree Elective
Science RequirementScience Requirement
Total: 15 hoursTotal: 15 hours
Year 4:STAT 325STAT 326
STAT ElectiveSTAT 395
STAT 391STAT 391
Free ElectiveFree Elective
Free ElectiveFree Elective
Free ElectiveFree Elective
Total: 16 hoursTotal: 16 hours

Statistics B.A. Program

Year 1:MATH 121MATH 122
CMPS 131GER: Arts and Humanities
ENGL 150GER: Science
GER: ScienceGER: Social Sciences
GER: Social ScienceFree Elective
Physical Education RequirementPhysical Education Requirement
Total: 16 hoursTotal: 16 hours
Year 2:MATH 223MATH 224
STAT 243MATH 201
GER: Arts and HumanitiesSTAT 244
GER: Social SciencesGER: Arts and Humanities
Free ElectiveGER: Global and Cultural Diversity
Total: 15 hoursTotal: 15 hours
Year 3:STAT 345STAT 346
EPBI 420STAT Elective
Substantive Field RequirementSubstantive Field Requirement
GER: Arts and HumanitiesFree Elective
Free ElectiveFree Elective
Total: 15 hoursTotal: 15 hours
Year 4:STAT 325STAT 326
STAT ElectiveSTAT 395
Free ElectiveSTAT 391
Free ElectiveFree Elective
Free ElectiveFree Elective
Total: 15 hoursTotal: 13 hours

Statistics Combined B.S. - M.S. Program

Year 1:MATH 121MATH 122
ECMP 251GER: Arts and Humanities
ENGL 150GER: Science
GER: Science tGER: Social Sciences
GER: Social SciencesFree Elective
Physical Education RequirementPhysical Education Requirement
Total: 16 hoursTotal: 16 hours
Year 2:MATH 223MATH 224
STAT 333 (or 243)MATH 201
GER: Arts and HumanitiesSTAT 343 (or 244)
GER: Social ScienceGER: Arts and Humanities
Science RequirementScience Requirement
Total: 15 hoursTotal: 15 hours
Year 3:STAT 345STAT 346
EPBI 420STAT Elective
Substantive Field RequirementSubstantive Field Requirement
GER: Arts and HumanitiesGER: Global and Cultural Diversity
Free ElectiveFree Elective
Total: 15 hoursTotal: 15 hours
Year 4:STAT 425STAT 426
STAT ElectiveSTAT Elective
STAT 491 (1)STAT 491 (1)
Free ElectiveFree Elective
Free ElectiveFree Elective
Free ElectiveFree Elective
Total: 16 hoursTotal: 16 hours
Year 5:STAT 455STAT Elective
STAT ElectiveSTAT Elective
STAT 491 (1)STAT 651
Free ElectiveSTAT 491 (1)
Total: 10 hoursSTAT 495 (1)
Total: 11 hours
  
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