Admission to the Program
* Formal admission to the major requires a cumulative gradepoint averageof
2.00 (on a 4.00 scale) and depatmental approval.
University Requirements
* A total of 120 credit hours
* Six credit hours of college writing
* Three credit hours of college mathematics or the equivalent by examination
General Education Requirements
* A total of 10 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 6 credit hours may be taken in the same discipline.
Major Requirements
* Mathematical Statistics: a total of 47 credit hours with grades of C or
better
* Applied Statistics: a total of 54 or 55 credit hours with grades of C or better
Course Requirements
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, such as anthropology,
psychology, sociology, economics, biology, business administration, or computer
science. 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.
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