Statistics Minor

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Students interested in a career or graduate school that requires a research component involving data analysis should consider earning a Statistics minor. The study of mathematics, psychology, sociology, biology, environmental science, health science, social science, among others, can be greatly enhanced by a minor in statistics. Note that only MTH 323 can be counted for both the Mathematics major and the minor in statistics.

The Statistics minor consists of at least 19 credits of coursework including one of the following courses

MTH 147 - Statistical Concepts with Applications
MTH 323 - Statistical Methods
ECN 322 - Statistics & Econometrics
COM 303 - Communication Inquiry
PSY 311 - Behavioral Science Statistics
SOC 354 - Quantitative Sociological Research
SWK 305 - Perspectives on Social Work Research II
UST 404 - Urban Data Analysis
OSM 201 - Business Statistics I
PSC 251 - Introduction to Data Analysis
or any other introductory statistics course approved by the Department of Mathematics;

and four courses consisting of:

MTH 347 - Applied Statistics
MTH 421 - Time Series Analysis
MTH 431 - Categorical Data Analysis
MTH 435 - Statistical Consulting & Programming
or a statistics course approved by the Department of Mathematics.