Applied Statistics, BS

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The curriculum in Applied Statistics is structured to allow students to be employed in areas requiring the tools of discrete mathematics and statistics. The advent of high-speed computers and technological advances being made in this area has encouraged the development of, and has resulted in, important advances that constitute significant statistical tools for such areas as the life sciences, administrative/managerial sciences and the social/behavioral sciences.

Program Outcomes

Graduates who earn a BS in Applied Statistics will be able to:

Demonstrate analytic, critical reasoning, and problem solving skills.
Collect and analyze data and summarize results precisely.
Demonstrate basic knowledge of statistics.
Apply statistical modeling to real-world problems.
Communicate statistical knowledge orally and in writing.
Demonstrate basic knowledge of computational procedures and use of statistical packages.

The degree requires a minimum of 120 semester credit hours. Students must have a grade of C or better in any course in computer science, mathematics or statistics that is applied towards the degree.

Degree Requirements

Common Core Requirements (42 hours)

See the Common Core Requirements section of the catalog for Undergraduate Academic Programs. Observe that MATH 2305 satisfies both the mathematics requirement of the Common Core and a mathematics requirement for the applied statistics degree plan.

Major Requirements

Computer Science Requirement (3 to 4 hours)

Data Science Requirement (4 hours)

DATA 2401 - Data Science I

Upper Level Writing Requirement (3 hours)

Applied Statistics Requirements (22-23 hours)

a) Calculus requirement: MATH 2421 or MATH 2411 or MATH 2401

b) Probability requirement: MATH 3302 or MATH 3317

c) Statistics requirement: STAT 3333 or STAT 3334 or STAT 3311

d) Extra Mathematics requirement: MATH 2305 or MATH 2307 or MATH 2402 or MATH 2412 or MATH 2422

e) Upper-level Statistics requirement: any two courses selected from: STAT 4307, STAT 4309, STAT 4310, STAT 4318, STAT 4397

f) Extra Statistics requirement: any course selected from: STAT 4303, STAT 4311, STAT 4395, STAT 4390, a course from c) or e) not used to satisfy them

Note: Math 1324, Stat 2305, and other mathematics or statistics courses not counted above will count toward the 18 hours of Quantitative Science Electives.

Quantitative Science Electives (18 hours)

These courses emphasize quantitative reasoning or applications approved by the MS Department.

Most courses labelled as MATH, STAT, DATA, CS, PHYS, CHEM, FIN, ACC, or ENGR will count here.

Consult with CST advisor or MS Department for a list of pre-approved courses.

Note: At least 12 SCH must be 3000-level courses or higher.

Minor (18 hours minimum)

Any university-approved minor will satisfy this requirement.

Free Electives

(Sufficient hours to complete a minimum of 120 hours)

Total: (120 hours)

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