Statistics Minor

The Department of Mathematics offers a minor in statistics for those students majoring in other academic areas, but still need or want to take a significant number of mathematics courses. The statistics minor curriculum focuses on foundational courses in calculus and nine hours of upper division electives in statistics.

Campus Availability

Number of Credit Hours

17 Credit Hours

Around 4-6 Courses

Courses You Could Take

MATH 3360 - Stochastic Processes

This course is a survey of random variables with both discrete and continuous distributions; including the uniform, Bernoulli, binomial and negative binomial, geometric and hypergeometric, Poisson, normal, exponential and gamma distributions. Transformations of distributions, bivariate distributions, limit distributions, Markov chains and moment generating functions are also covered.

Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: MATH 3350 with a grade of C or higher

Hours:
3

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MATH 3370 - Applied Multivariate Statistics

An applied multivariate statistics course focused on applications in STEM disciplines and the social sciences. Topics include multiple regression and logistic regression techniques, multi-way ANOVA, survival analysis and non-parametric tests. Selecting appropriate sampling and research designs is also discussed.

Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: MATH 3350 with a grade of C or higher

Hours:
3

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MATH 3390 - Undergraduate Research in Statistics

This is a service-based learning course and students taking this course will be engaged in applied statistical research in the form of real world statistic projects provided by campus groups, local businesses and community services. Course may be repeated for up to 3 hours of credit.

Prerequisite/Corequisite:
Prerequisite: MATH 1401H or MATH 3350 with a grade of C or higher

Hours:
1

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