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Requirements

Statistics Coursework: 16 credits

  • Introductory Statistics (choose one)

    • DATA152: Inferential Statistics with R

    • MATH138: Introduction to Applied Statistics

    • PSYC253: Research Methods and Analysis 2

    • ECON230: Economics Statistics

    • AP STAT (Score of 4 OR 5)

  • STAT341: Mathematical Statistics 1

  • STAT342: Mathematical Statistics 2

  • STAT441: Advanced Linear Regression Models

Data Science Coursework: 8 credits

  • DATA151: Introduction to Data Science (with R)

  • Models and Machine Learning (choose one)

    • DATA252: Models and Machine Learning in R

    • CS475: Machine Learning in Python

Mathematics Coursework: 20 credits

Approved Electives: 8 credits

  • Any elective with STAT prefix

  • MATH376: Probability and Computing

  • BIOL342: Biostatistics

  • BIOL347: Bioinformatics

  • PHEAL214: Public Health and Epidemiology

  • ECON350: Introduction to Econometrics and Forecasting

  • DATA299: Topic Dependent (requires advisor approval)

  • DATA252 or CS475, the one not used in the Models requirement, above.

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