College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum

Arts and Sciences students may major or minor in statistics under the supervision of the faculty of the Statistics Department in the College of Business Administration. The major is designed to prepare students for graduate studies in statistics or for professional work in various applications of statistical methods, including applications in the natural and social sciences, business and industry. Contact the Statistics Department for further information on careers in statistics and appropriate courses to take. It is highly recommended that a student majoring in statistics have a minor in an area of application.

Statistics Major:
Prerequisites to the major are Mathematics 141-142. The major requires 33 semester hours including the following.
• Statistics 201 or 251.
• Statistics 320, 330, 365, 471.
• Two courses selected from Statistics 472, 473, 474, 475; Mathematics 423, 424, 425.
• Mathematics 241-251 or upper-division mathematics.
• Two technical electives to be selected from upper-division courses in mathematics, computer science, engineering, physics, or chemistry, with the approval of the student’s advisor in the Department of Statistics.

Minor in Statistics:
The minor consists of Statistics 201 or Statistics 251; an additional 12 hours from Statistics 320, 330, 365, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475; and Mathematics 423, 424, 425.

Potential Technical Electives:
IE 300, 301, 306, 310
Chem 310
Mgt 410, 421
Psy 395
Soc 331
InfoSci 310, 490
Comm 300
English 360
Math 323 or higher

Note: You should see your advisor before registering for these courses. There may be other possibilities as well.

* (Students wanting Stat 472 must register through Stat 572 and should first talk to an advisor; preq. 471. Likewise, students wanting to take Stat 473 must register through Stat 573, and should first talk to an advisor; preq. Stat 330, 471.)

** Students who have completed Math 123-125 should seek an advisor to select courses to complete this requirement.

Math Majors can easily double-major in Statistics

---It's as simple as fulfilling the math major requirements, plus four additional statistics classes, and then declaring the double major when you file the application for your degree the final term before you graduate-----Talk to your advisor to make sure your math and stat courses compliment each other.

A typical course structure for math majors seeking to double-major in statistics:

Stat 251 or Math 323
Stat 320, 330, 365, 471
Math 423 and 425 (or 424)