A statistics minor combined with other majors is excellent preparation for careers or graduate studies in a variety of fields including actuarial science; economics and business; the life, physical, and computing sciences; medicine; and the social sciences. Nearly all these fields have an increasing amount of data being collected, and a developed ability to analyze and solve problems is valued in any discipline. The number of required classes for this minor is kept low to allow students to choose electives most helpful in their own major.

Requirements

A minor in Statistics requires the following courses.

Courses (21-24 credits)

Core Courses (6 credits)

MAT-304 Applied Statistics II 3

MAT-322 Mathematical Modeling I 3

Choose one of the following: (3 credits)

BUS-320 Business Statistics 3

MAT-204 Applied Statistics I 3

MAT-305 Statistics for Social Sciences 3

or

PSY-354 Statistics for Social Sciences 3

or

SWK-354 Statistics for Social Sciences 3

Choose one of the following: (3 credits)

ECO-322 Research Design and Methods in Political Science and Economics 3

or

POL-322 Research Design and Methods in Political Science and Economics 3

PSY-355 Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences 3

or

SOC-355 Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences 3

MAT-370 Statistical Research Design I 3

MAT-404 Introduction to Statistical Learning With R 3

Choose one of the following tracks:

Mathematics Major Track: (10-11 credits)

MAT-363 Mathematical Statistics I 4

MAT-364 Mathematical Statistics II 3

Choose one of the following electives:

ECO-212 Microeconomics 3

ECO-213 Macroeconomics 3

FIN-210 Managerial Finance 3

MAT-324 Mathematical Modeling II 4

DSC-210 Introduction to Data Science 3

Non-mathematics Major Track: (9-12 credits)

Choose one of the following: (3-4 credits)

CIS-121 Introduction to Programming 3

Choose one of the following: (3-4 credits)

MAT-130 Applied Calculus 3

MAT-253 Calculus I 4

Choose one of the following: (3-4 credits)

MAT-223 Introduction to Mathematics Via Discrete Processes 3

DSC-210 Introduction to Data Science 3