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A minor in statistics consists of a minimum of 18 credits and is administered by the Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research. These credits include:
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Calculus (three credits minimum) | ||
| MATH 200 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry I | 3-4 |
| or BUSN 212 | Business Problem Solving and Analysis | |
| or SCMA 212 | Differential Calculus and Optimization for Business | |
| Introductory statistics (three credits minimum) | ||
| STAT 210 | Basic Practice of Statistics | 3 |
| or STAT 212 | Concepts of Statistics | |
| Electives | ||
| Choose four courses from the list of upper-level statistics electives, below | 12-14 | |
| Total Hours | 18 | |
A minimum GPA of 2.0 must be achieved in the minor. Mathematical sciences majors cannot minor in statistics.
Upper-level statistics electives
For the minor in statistics, four courses (12 credits minimum) must be chosen from the following list. A minimum grade of C is required in each of these courses.
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SSOR 492 | Independent Study | 2-4 |
| SSOR 493 | Internship | 1-3 |
| STAT 305 | Intermediate Statistics | 3-4 |
| or STAT 314 | Applications of Statistics | |
| STAT 309 | Introduction to Probability Theory | 3 |
| STAT 310 | Introduction to Statistical Inference | 3 |
| STAT 321 | Introduction to Statistical Computing for Data Science | 3 |
| STAT 403 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes | 3 |
| STAT 421 | Statistical Computing for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| STAT 422 | Structured Problem Solving Using Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 423 | Nonparametric Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 425 | Multivariate Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 435 | Industrial Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 441 | Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists | 3 |
| or STAT 543 | Statistical Methods I | |
| STAT 443 | Regression | 3 |
| STAT 447 | Introduction to Statistical Data Science | 3 |
| STAT 475 | Time Series | 3 |
| STAT 513 | Mathematical Statistics I | 3 |
| STAT 514 | Mathematical Statistics II | 3 |
| STAT 534 | Statistical Data Science I | 3 |
| STAT 544 | Statistical Methods II | 3 |
| STAT 545 | Applied Bayesian Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 546 | Linear Models | 3 |