This program follows the American Statistical Association’s core guidelines for a minor in statistics, specifically courses in general statistical methodology, statistical modeling, and exposure to professional statistical software. In STA303, STA304, STA305, and STA306, students will gain a solid foundation in R and SAS, the two most widely used statistical software packages.
Students interested in data science are encouraged to include STA307 in their minor plans. In STA307, programming in R or Python plays a major role, and students intending to include STA307 in their minor should take a computer programming course before their junior year. Students intending to take Independent Study or Independent Research courses should first seek permission from the Statistics Program Coordinator.
For the statistics minor, students must take five courses and achieve at least a 2.0 grade point average for all courses taken to fulfill the minor’s requirements. Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in all courses taken for the minor, except that a D or D+ is permitted in at most one course at the 300- or 400 level.
Requirements
Required Courses (2 course units)
- STA 215/Statistical Inference or STA 216/Statistical Inference & Probability for Educators or (ECO 105 and (MAT 125 or MAT 127) or (STA 145 and MAT 127)
- STA 305/Regression Analysis
Other STA and MAT Courses (3 course units)
Select any 3 courses from the following:
- Any STA course at the 300 level or above.
- MAT 316/Probability