Statistics, Minor College of Letters & Science

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The Program

The Department offers a minor program in Statistics that consists of five upper division level courses focusing on the fundamentals of mathematical statistics and of the most widely used applied statistical methods.

Minor Advisors

For a current list of faculty and staff advisors, see Undergraduate Advising.

Preparatory Coursework; not counted towards minor units
Choose one:
STA 013
Elementary Statistics
or STA 013Y
 Elementary Statistics
STA 032
Gateway to Statistical Data Science
STA 100
Applied Statistics for Biological Sciences
Additional preparatory courses will be needed based on the course prerequisites listed in the catalog. At minimum, calculus at the level of MAT 016C or 017C or 021C is required.
Minor Requirements
STA 106Applied Statistical Methods: Analysis of Variance4
STA 108Applied Statistical Methods: Regression Analysis4
Choose a series:8
STA 130A
& STA 130B
Mathematical Statistics: Brief Course
and Mathematical Statistics: Brief Course
STA 131A
& STA 131B
Introduction to Probability Theory
and Introduction to Mathematical Statistics
Choose one:4
STA 101
Advanced Applied Statistics for the Biological Sciences
STA 104
Applied Statistical Methods: Nonparametric Statistics
STA 135
Multivariate Data Analysis
STA 137
Applied Time Series Analysis
STA 138
Analysis of Categorical Data
STA 141A
Fundamentals of Statistical Data Science
STA 141B
Data & Web Technologies for Data Analysis
STA 141C
Big Data & High Performance Statistical Computing
STA 142A
Statistical Learning I
STA 142B
Statistical Learning II
STA 144
Sampling Theory of Surveys
STA 145
Bayesian Statistical Inference
STA 160
Practice in Statistical Data Science
Total Units20