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:
MATH 121, 122, 223, 224, and 201 or equivalent;
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;
STAT 325 and 326, STAT 345 and 346;
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;
Two approved courses (or more) numbered 300 or above in an approved
discipline outside statistics;
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.
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:
MATH 121, 122, 223, 224, and 201 or equivalent;
ENGR 131 or approved alternate; plus additional higher numbered course
in computation from EECS offerings or EPBI 414 or EPBI 420;
STAT 325 and 326, STAT 345 and 346;
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;
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.
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):
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;
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.
STAT 243 and 244 or STAT 345 and 346 or other approved sequence
STAT 208 or STAT 312 or STAT 313 or STAT 332 or STAT 333 or STAT
325
Two approved elective courses in statistics numbered 300 or above.
Combined Bachelor-Master of Science in Statistics
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:
STAT 455 and three semesters of STAT 491;
M.S. research project (STAT 621) or M.S. Thesis (STAT 651);
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.
