The Bachelor of Science in Statistics is an interdisciplinary program offered for students who intend to pursue an advanced degree, or who are planning careers as statisticians in industry, business, government, or scientific research.
To give the students both breadth and depth and to introduce them to a variety of fields where statistics may be applied, we offer three emphases for the degree: science, business, and economics.
CR/NC grades are not acceptable in courses to be counted for a mathematics major or minor program.
Upon completion of the Bachelor of Science in Statistics a student will be able to:
- Apply statistical knowledge and computational skills to formulate problems, plan data collection, and analyze data to provide insight.
- Build and assess statistical and machine learning models, and employ a variety of formal inference procedures.
- Use mathematics to understand the underlying structure of common models used in statistical and machine learning.
- Prepare data for use with a variety of statistical methods and models, and recognize how the quality of data and data collection affect conclusions.
- Communicate effectively to a variety of audiences using oral, written, and visual modes.
