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The Statistics minor is designed for students who wish to apply advanced statistical skills to a career in engineering, physics, business, or biological science. 

Students will learn statistical computation, theory, and analysis.​

Course Requirements

A total of six courses are required based upon the below outline.

Course Title Quarter Hours
Calculus Sequence: Select one of the following sequences:12-18
Sequence One:
MAT 160
CALCULUS FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE MAJORS I
MAT 161
CALCULUS FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE MAJORS II
Sequence Two:
MAT 150
CALCULUS I
MAT 151
CALCULUS II
Sequence Three:
MAT 147
CALCULUS WITH INTEGRATED PRECALCULUS I
MAT 148
CALCULUS WITH INTEGRATED PRECALCULUS II
Sequence Four:
MAT 170
CALCULUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES I
MAT 171
CALCULUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES II
Sequence Five: 1
MAT 155
SUMMER CALCULUS I
MAT 156
SUMMER CALCULUS II
MAT 341STATISTICAL METHODS USING SAS4
or MAT 348 APPLIED STATISTICAL METHODS
MAT 349APPLIED PROBABILITY4
or MAT 351 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS I
Select two of the following:8
MAT 326
SAMPLE SURVEY METHODS
MAT 328
DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
MAT 350
BAYESIAN STATISTICS
MAT 356
APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS
MAT 357
NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS
MAT 358
APPLIED TIME SERIES AND FORECASTING
MAT 360
GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS
MAT 399
INDEPENDENT STUDY 2
1

This Calculus sequence is offered only during the summer, in two 6-credit hour courses. Students successfully completing MAT 131, MAT 147, MAT 150 or MAT 160 should enroll in MAT 155; students who successfully complete MAT 148, MAT 151 or MAT 161 should enroll in MAT 156. Students who successfully complete MAT 155 may enroll in either MAT 151 or MAT 156.

2

Must be an internship course on a Statistics-related topic.

Business students who have an exceptionally strong background in calculus, including calculus of trig functions, may be permitted by the chair to substitute MAT 135 and MAT 136 for MAT 150. ​

Students whose major program is in the Department of Mathematical Sciences may earn a minor in Statistics only with departmental approval, under the general principle that at least two courses taken toward the minor in Statistics are not counted towards the major program as well. Students should contact their faculty advisor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences to request approval.