STT 865 is a course on more recently developed statistical methodology emphasizing the use of the computer. Year 2 Ph.D. Program Fall Sem. The other 5 courses could be taken in the summer and in the third year of study. A student's program is always subject to the approval of the Guidance Committee. The offerings of the Department in the summers are light.
Students usually use the time to prepare for examinations or for thesis research.
One or two graduate courses are offered each summer with topics varying. In the past few summers, graduate courses were offered in Bayesian statistics, analysis of contingency tables, chaos theory, stochastic models in biology, finance, inference for stationary processes, reliability and survival analysis, and limit theorems for dependent random variables, density estimation, curve estimation and wavelets. Ordinarily these examinations are given in August. One examination is based on MTH 828 and is part of the Department of Mathematics matriculation examinations for its Ph.D. candidates. This examination is waived for students who complete MTH 828 with a 4.0 grade.