Students seeking to complete this major and degree program must meet the general requirements for bachelor’s degrees and the Unified General Education Requirements. Students completing this program as a secondary major while completing another undergraduate degree program do not need to satisfy the school-specific requirements associated with this major.

The BA degree in statistics requires a minimum of 50 credit hours of approved coursework, including 27 credit hours in statistics and the remainder in related disciplines and a substantive field of application. The specific requirements are as follows:

MATH 121	Calculus for Science and Engineering I	4
MATH 122	Calculus for Science and Engineering II	4
or MATH 124	Calculus II
MATH 223	Calculus for Science and Engineering III	3
or MATH 227	Calculus III
MATH 224	Elementary Differential Equations	3
or MATH 228	Differential Equations
MATH 201	Introduction to Linear Algebra	3
STAT 325	Data Analysis and Linear Models	3
STAT 326	Multivariate Analysis and Data Mining	3
STAT 345	Theoretical Statistics I	3
STAT 346	Theoretical Statistics II	3
ENGR 131	Elementary Computer Programming	3
Advanced-level computation course: Chosen in consultation with advisor		3
Statistical Methodology courses: To be chosen from STAT courses 300-level and higher, or approved courses in statistical methodology or probability taught in biostatistics, electrical engineering, and computer science, economics, mathematics, operations research, systems engineering, etc. At least 9 credit hours must be in STAT. STAT 243 and STAT 244 may be counted.		15
Total Units		50

 

Concentration Requirements
Actuarial Science Concentration

A student interested in Actuarial Science should take STAT 317 and STAT 318 among the 18 hours in statistical methodology, and should discuss with their advisor courses in operations research and numerical analysis which are fundamental to actuarial theory and computation.

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