BA in Statistics Requirements

For any questions relating to the major, please contact an advisor. If you are ready to declare your major, complete the .

Prerequisite Courses

Choose one of the following calculus sequences:

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Choose one of the following introductory statistics courses:

  • STAT 180: Introduction to Applied Statistical Methodology (formerly STAT212)
  • STAT 190: Introduction to Statistical Methodology (formerly STAT213 or DSCC 262)
  • ECON 230: Economic Statistics
  • PSCI 200: Data Analysis I
Core Courses (Three Courses)

The following courses, or their equivalents, are required:

  • STAT/MATH 201: Introduction to Probability
  • STAT/MATH 203: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics
  • STAT 216: Intermediate Statistical Methodology*

*Double majors with Economics or Business may substitute ECON 231W: Econometrics for STAT 216.

Computational Courses (Two Courses)

Choose two of the following:

  • STAT 275(W): R Programming
  • STAT 276(W): Statistical Computation in R
  • STAT 277: Introduction to Statistical Software and Exploratory Data Analysis
  • CSC 171: Introduction to Computer Science
  • CSC 172: Data Structures and Algorithms

It is highly recommended to have at least one STAT-listed computing course for the major.

Methods Courses (Two Courses)

Choose two of the following:

  • STAT 219: Nonparametric Inference
  • STAT 221W: Sampling Techniques
  • STAT 223: Bayesian Inference
  • STAT 226W: Linear Models
Applications Courses (Two Courses)

Choose two of the following:

  • STAT 215: Design and Analysis of Experiments
  • STAT 217: Advanced Statistical Methodology
  • STAT 218: Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis
  • STAT 219: Nonparametric Inference (for students in the Class of 2026 and previous)
  • DSCC 265: Introduction to Statistical Machine Learning
Upper-Level Elective Courses (Two Courses)

Choose two of the following courses:

  • Any non-introductory 200-level STAT course
  • MATH 202: Introduction to Stochastic Processes
  • MATH 208: Operations Research I
  • MATH 209: Operations Research II
  • MATH 217: Mathematical Modeling in Political Science
  • MATH 218: Introduction to Mathematical Modeling in the Life Sciences
  • PSCI 205: Data Analysis II
  • PSCI 281: Formal Models in Political Science
  • PSCI 288: Game Theory
  • ECON 223: Labor Markets
  • ECON 224: Sports Economics
  • ECON 225: Freakonomics
  • ECON 233: Financial Econometrics
  • ECON 237: Economics of Education
  • ECON 253: Economics of Discrimination
  • BIOL 235L: Computational Biology With Lab
  • BCSC 236: Machine Vision
  • BCSC 247: Topics in Computational Neuroscience
  • CSC 242: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
  • CSC 246: Machine Learning
  • CSC 249: Machine Vision
  • CSC 264: Computer Audition
  • CSC 282: Design and Analysis of Efficient Algorithms
  • CSC 284: Advanced Algorithms
  • CSC 286: Computational Complexity
  • DSCC 201: Tools for Data Science
  • DSCC 265: Intermediate Statistics and Computational Methods
  • DSCC 275: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting in Data Science
  • PHIL 212: Probability, Inference, and Decision
  • PHIL 215: Intermediate Logic
  • PHIL 216: Mathematical Logic
  • PHIL 217: Uncertain Inference
  • FIN 205: Financial Management (FIN 204 cannot be used in place of FIN 205)
  • FIN 206: Investments
  • MKT 212: Market Research and Analytics
  • LING 250: Data Science for Linguistics
  • LING 281: Statistical and Neural Computational Linguistics

 

Note that at least 7 of the major courses (not including pre-requisites) must be STAT-listed courses. 

Upper-Level Writing Requirement

The upper-level writing requirement is satisfied by completing any two of the following courses: STAT 221W, STAT 226W, STAT 275W, or STAT 276W. These courses can also count toward the Methods and Computational requirements.