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With the increase in data available to businesses, organizations and consumers, the need to make sense of that data has exploded. As a result, statistics is one of the fastest growing majors on college campuses. Statistician听has become a听! Statistics requires excellent math skills, a sense of data structure and manipulation and good problem solving skills. The combination of these areas enables statisticians to assist in research and discovery in almost every discipline. To researchers, statistics is a set of tools to help estimate effects and test hypotheses. To statisticians, the field is an exciting combination of theory, methods and discovery used to guide research and bring products to market faster.

AREAS OF ST91原创Y

  • Probability
  • Statistical Inference
  • Calculus and Advanced Mathematics
  • Programming
  • Statistical software such as SAS and R
  • Designing surveys and social experiments
  • Regression
  • ANOVA and Design of Experiments

CAREER OPTIONS

  • Statistician
  • Data Scientist
  • Analyst
  • Biostatistician or Health Analyst
  • Actuary
  • Risk Analyst
  • Credit Analyst
  • Marketing Analyst
  • Government Statistician

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

  • Statistics
  • Business Analytics
  • Biostatistics
  • Economics
  • Resource Economics
  • Psychology
  • Education Statistics

What鈥檚 special about this program?

In addition to core competencies in math, computer science and statistics courses, students choose an area of application like bioinformatics, game studies and international business. Our graduates are highly sought after when it comes time to find a job. Our program allows you to apply statistical techniques to real data and real problems. Our students build a 鈥渟tatistical imagination鈥 in order to address a range of problems in a diverse set of fields. At 91原创, you will build a firm foundation in statistical theory along with courses in applied statistics and data management using SAS, R and JMP. You will take courses in a field where statistics can be applied to problem solving, such as economics, biology, business or the environment. Couple this major with a minor in data analytics or resource economics and you鈥檒l find yourself with a high paying job upon graduation!

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Sample curriculum

ENGL110

First Year Writing

MATH210

Discrete Mathematics

MATH241

Analytic Geometry and Calculus A

MATH242

Analytic Geometry and Calculus B

STAT200

Basic Statistical Practice

STAT408

Statistical Research Methods

APEC135

Introduction to Data Analysis

CISC108

Introduction to Computer Science

University Breadth Courses

MATH243

Analytic Geometry and Calculus C

MATH349

Elementary Linear Algebra

STAT470

Introduction to Statistical Analysis I

STAT471

Introduction to Statistical Analysis II

STAT409

Regression and Experimental Design

CISC210

Introduction to Systems Programming

CISC220

Data Structures

Area of application requirements

Declaration of a minor to fulfill "area of application" requirement

Free elective

MATH426

Computational Mathematics

MATH245

An Introduction to Proof

STAT474

Statistical Programming

PHIL105

Critical Thinking

COMM212

Public Speaking and Professional Presentation

Second writing requirement

Free elective

Restricted elective (1/3)

Area of application requirements

STAT468

Research Project

600-level STAT/APEC elective

Multicultural requirement

Area of application requirements

Restricted electives (2/3 and 3/3)

Free electives

University breadth requirement

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