Applied Statistics, BS

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 (4 hours)

Technical Writing Requirement (3 hours)

TCOM 3302 - Business and Technical Report Writing

Mathematical Sciences Requirements (39-41 hours)

MATH 2305 - Discrete Mathematical Structures (3 hours of this count in the common core)
MATH 2401 - Calculus I
MATH 2402 - Calculus II
MATH 2307 - Linear Algebra
MATH 3302 - Probability and Statistics
STAT 3311 - Statistical Analysis for Natural Science
STAT 4318 - SAS Fundamentals and Applications
STAT 4397 - Statistical Computing
STAT 4395 - Senior Project in Statistics (or a department approved W-course)

Note:

For a business track the sequence MATH 1305 and MATH 1306 may be substituted for MATH 2401 and MATH 2402 , and the sequence STAT 3309 and STAT 3310 may be substituted for MATH 3302 and STAT 3311 .

Students with a GPA of at least 3.0 are required to take STAT 4395 . Other students are required to take either STAT 4395 or a department approved W-course.

Statistic Electives (12 hours)

Four additional courses are to be chosen from the following:

Minor (18 hours minimum)

Any university-approved minor will satisfy this requirement.

Free Electives

(Sufficient hours to complete a minimum of 120 hours)