Contrary to conventional wisdom, statistics does not require any advanced knowledge of mathematics. Basic algebra, which will be reviewed, is all that you require. What statistics does require, however, is that you keep up with the homework. From the outset, you must realize that lectures only introduce the material. It is in the process of doing assignments that you will come to learn and to understand the subject.
Statistics is a cumulative discipline.
If you fall a few weeks behind it is very difficult to catch up. Since mini-exams cover four or five chapters at a time, you should be aware that they are generally easier than the final exam. This is a working course. You will be responsible for these topics on exams.