Statistics (BS)

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Please refer to the Four Year Plan for departmental recommended path towards graduation.

University Requirements:

ENGL 110 - Seminar in Composition (C- minimum)
First Year Seminar (FYS) (0-4 credits)
Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) (three credits)
Multicultural Requirement (three credits)
Breadth Requirements (C- minimum):
- Creative Arts and Humanities (three credits)
- History and Cultural Change (three credits)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (three credits)
- Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (three credits)
Capstone Experience

College Requirements:

Agricultural and Natural Resources:

A minimum of nine credits from any three different subject area codes, outside the subject area codes of the student’s major, offered by the departments in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The exceptions would be any course that states in the course description that it cannot be used to satisfy the College Breadth requirements, special problems, research, internships, first year experience, seminars, and similar courses.

Physical Science:

Minimum of eight credits from CHEM, GEOL, PHYS, or SCEN. See major for specific requirement.

*If a course is used to fulfill two or more requirements, credits are counted only once toward the total credits for graduation.

Major Requirements:

Communications:

COMM 212 - Oral Communication in Business Credit(s): 3

Second Writing Requirement:

Any three-credit course satisfying the College of Arts and Sciences Second Writing Requirement requirement. Recommended courses:

ENGL 301 - Advanced Writing Credit(s): 3
ENGL 312 - Written Communications in Business Credit(s): 3
ENGL 410 - Technical Writing Credit(s): 3

Physical Sciences:

Minimum of eight credits of lab science selected from Chemistry, Physics, Geology, or Physical Science.

Core:

Students lacking adequate preparation for MATH 242 should begin with MATH 241 . A grade of C- or better required for Core requirements. A maximum of three credits of independent study in Applied Economics and Statistics and a maximum of six credits in all areas, including Applied Economics and Statistics, may be counted toward a degree.

MATH 210 - Discrete Mathematics I Credit(s): 3
MATH 242 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus B Credit(s): 4
MATH 243 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus C Credit(s): 4
MATH 245 - An Introduction to Proof Credit(s): 3
MATH 349 - Elementary Linear Algebra Credit(s): 3
MATH 401 - Introduction to Real Analysis Credit(s): 3
MATH 426 - Computational Mathematics I Credit(s): 3
STAT 200 - Basic Statistical Practice Credit(s): 3
or
STAT 408 - Statistical Research Methods Credit(s): 3
STAT 470 - Intro to STAT Analysis I Credit(s): 3
STAT 471 - Intro to STAT Analysis II Credit(s): 3
APEC 409 - Surveys and Economic Experiments Credit(s): 3
STAT 409 - Regression and Experimental Design Credit(s): 3

One of the following:

STAT 611 - Regression Analysis
STAT 615 - Design and Analysis of Experiments
APEC 615 - Advanced Prices and Statistics
STAT 674 - Applied Data Base Management

Computer Science:

CISC 108 - Introduction to Computer Science I Credit(s): 3
CISC 210 - Introduction to Systems Programming Credit(s): 3
CISC 220 - Data Structures Credit(s): 3

Area of Application:

This program requires a fifteen-credit area of application outside Statistics. This may be satisfied by completing an approved minor in Advertising, Business Administration, Economics, Resource Economics, Computer Science or Bioinformatics. Minors in Mathematics or Statistical Data Analytics may not be used. This may also be satisfied by completing a second major in Food and Agribusiness Marketing and Management, Actuarial Sciences, Marketing, Management, Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Operations Management, or Computer Science. Any other major or minor or selection of 15 credits requires the approval of the Chair.

Electives:

After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.