It is not necessary to be formally admitted or matriculated into the MS program in order to register for course offerings. However, students who desire to enter the MS program will be allowed to apply only four courses taken prior to matriculation into the program. This is done to encourage proper selection of courses and to allow for adequate administrative time for transcript review. Students who desire to enter the advanced certificate program will be allowed to apply only two courses taken prior to matriculation into the program. Financial assistance Financial assistance is available through the department and is awarded on a competitive basis to qualified applicants.
Assistance is offered in several forms, including scholarships and graduate assistantships.
For information on other sources of financial assistance, applicants should review the appropriate section of this bulletin. Requirements, advanced certificate Satisfactory completion of the following is required for the advanced certificate in statistical quality. Requirements, master of science Satisfactory completion of the following is required for the master of science in applied statistics. Basic familiarity with statistical software These are the same as the requirements for the advanced certificate. However, students who expect to work as statistical consultants are strongly encouraged to take 0307-742 Statistical Computing for 3 credits.