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Degree Requirements

​The master's in Applied Statistics program offers degrees in three areas of concentration: Biostatistics, Data Science, and General Applied Statistics.

Degree Requirements

Course Requirements

Core - All 7 courses / 28 credit hours

Course Title Quarter Hours
MAT 441APPLIED STATISTICS I4
MAT 442APPLIED STATISTICS II4
MAT 443APPLIED STATISTICS III4
MAT 451PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS I4
MAT 452PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS II4
MAT 453PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS III4
MAT 456APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS4

Candidates for the degree must complete at least 48 quarter hours of graduate level work in applied statistics. 

Concentration Requirement​

Applied Statistics students must choose one concentration: Biostatistics, Data Science, or General Applied Statistics.

Computer Usage

The department places strong emphasis on computation and is well supported with equipment and software necessary for research. Computers are used for data analysis and to find solutions to problems that arise in numerical analysis, simulations, and mathematical modeling. The computer packages used in these courses are likely to play an important role in the solution of the problems students will encounter in their places of employment.

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