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Twin Cities Campus
Statistical Science B.S.Statistics, School of
College of Liberal Arts
Statistics is the science of learning from data, measuring, controlling, and communicating uncertainty. It provides the navigation essential for controlling the course of scientific and societal advances.
The statistical science BS is intended for students who express interest in graduate education in statistics or a related area. It shares a core sequence of applied statistics courses with the statistical practice BA program, but requires more mathematics. This program allow students the flexibility to take additional advanced mathematics courses that are expected for admission to many graduate programs.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Students must complete
1 courses
before admission to the program.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Required prerequisites
Preparatory Course
Complete STAT 3011 or STAT 3021 with a grade of C- or better in order to declare the Statistical Science B.S. program. Completion of the preparatory course does not factor into the total required credits in the major.
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
STAT 3021 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics
(3.0 cr)
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
Students may earn no more than one degree from the statistics program: a BA or a BS or a minor.
Beginning fall 2012, all incoming CLA freshmen must complete the appropriate First Year Experience course sequence. Specific information about this collegiate requirement can be found at: https://cla.umn.edu/student-services-advising/academic-requirements
Calculus
Take three courses for 12 credits.
MATH 1271 - Calculus I
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
MATH 1371 - CSE Calculus I
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
MATH 1571H - Honors Calculus I
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
MATH 1272 - Calculus II
(4.0 cr)
or
MATH 1372 - CSE Calculus II
(4.0 cr)
or
MATH 1572H - Honors Calculus II
(4.0 cr)
MATH 2263 - Multivariable Calculus
(4.0 cr)
or
MATH 2374 - CSE Multivariable Calculus and Vector Analysis
(4.0 cr)
or
MATH 2573H - Honors Calculus III
(4.0 cr)
Linear Algebra
Take one of the following sequences, for either 4 or 8 credits. Students planning to minor in mathematics should take Option 2.
Option 1
CSCI 2033 - Elementary Computational Linear Algebra
(4.0 cr)
Major Courses
Take six courses for 23 credits.
STAT 3032 - Regression and Correlated Data
(4.0 cr)
STAT 3701 - Introduction to Statistical Computing
(4.0 cr)
STAT 4051 - Statistical Machine Learning I
(4.0 cr)
STAT 4052 - Statistical Machine Learning II
(4.0 cr)
STAT 5101 - Theory of Statistics I
(4.0 cr)
or
MATH 5651 - Basic Theory of Probability and Statistics
(4.0 cr)
STAT 5102 - Theory of Statistics II
(4.0 cr)
Electives
A total of 14 credits of additional coursework is required.
With approval from the undergraduate adviser, up to 10 credits may be in an area related to statistics, generally from mathematics, biostatistics or computer science.
Up to 6 credits may include Freshman Seminars (STAT 19XX) and Honors Seminars (HSEM) taught by School of Statistics faculty.
Students planning to pursue a minor in mathematics, or an advanced degree in statistics or biostatistics should consult the undergraduate adviser for suggested coursework.
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
STAT 3501 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
·
STAT 5031 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
STAT 5201 - Sampling Methodology in Finite Populations
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5401 - Applied Multivariate Methods
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5421 - Analysis of Categorical Data
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5511 - Time Series Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5601 - Nonparametric Methods
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5931 - Topics in Statistics
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 5932 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
Senior Project: Consultation and Communication for Statisticians
This course is required of all majors, including double-majors who have met the writing intensive requirement in the other major.
STAT 4893W - Consultation and Communication for Statisticians
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
Upper-division Writing Intensive within the major
Students are required to take one upper-division writing intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the core major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
STAT 4893W - Consultation and Communication for Statisticians
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
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