Graduate Catalog, 1999-2001. Areas of Study Graduate study in statistics is offered in the areas of mathematical statistics, statistical methodology, and statistical computation and probability.
Further information is available from the graduate adviser.
The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester 1998-1999. A minor of at least six semester hours is required, which may be in another area of mathematics, such as applied mathematics, or in a related discipline, such as actuarial science, operations research and industrial engineering, or educational psychology. Upon admission to the program, the student should demonstrate substantial background in mathematics and statistical knowledge equivalent to that acquired in a first upper-division course in probability and statistics. Deficiencies may be made up by taking courses suggested by the graduate adviser. Courses required for the major in statistics are Mathematics 384C, 384D, 384E, and 384G. A qualifying examination in statistics, designed to test the student's knowledge of the basic principles of statistical theory and methodology, must be completed.