There are no foreign language requirements. The department also offers three cross-disciplinary Ph.D. programs. The first is in psychiatric and mental health statistics and is sponsored jointly with the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. The second leads to a Ph.D. in statistics and public policy and is sponsored jointly with the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. The third is a joint program with the Center for Automated Learning and Discovery.
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The computational resources available to students at Carnegie Mellon are unsurpassed and are a major strength of the program. The Department of Statistics operates its own computer facilities, which provide students with experience using advanced graphics workstations. There are also several personal computers, Macintosh computers, and laser printers. The workstations are interconnected by a departmental Ethernet network, which, in turn, is connected to University and worldwide networks. The department also has a graphics laboratory with equipment for producing computer-animated videotapes and for digitizing video images.