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This concentration offers students a solid foundation in probability and statistics. Statisticians are employed by government, industry, marketing research companies, and consulting firms to design surveys and experiments and to analyze statistical data.

Course Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
MAT 351PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS I4
MAT 352PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS II4
MAT 353PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS III4
MAT 356APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS4
Select one of the following (students are encouraged to take this course prior to MAT 351):4
MAT 341
STATISTICAL METHODS USING SAS
MAT 348
APPLIED STATISTICAL METHODS
Select two courses from the following list:8
MAT 326
SAMPLE SURVEY METHODS
MAT 328
DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
MAT 350
BAYESIAN STATISTICS
MAT 355
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
MAT 357
NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS
MAT 358
APPLIED TIME SERIES AND FORECASTING
MAT 359
SIMULATION MODELS AND MONTE CARLO METHOD
MAT 360
GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

Additional Recommended Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
MAT 335
REAL ANALYSIS I
MAT 336
REAL ANALYSIS II
MAT 370
ADVANCED LINEAR ALGEBRA
MAT 385
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS I
MAT 386
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS II

Students interested in graduate study in mathematical statistics are encouraged to take the following:

Course Title Quarter Hours
MAT 335
REAL ANALYSIS I
MAT 336
REAL ANALYSIS II