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The Undergraduate Program

 
Message from the Undergraduate Program Director
 

Our undergraduate program continues to grow. More students are keen to major in Statistics or Mathematics/Statistics and also on continuing with graduate studies in Statistics. Our department has a good placement record in terms of graduate school for our majors. STAT 4190 (294) (Field Study Internship) and STAT 4389 (296) (Undergraduate Research) attract our body of students and expose them to many interesting aspects of the field.


Professor Nalini Ravishanker
 
Undergraduate Studies in Statistics

The Department of Statistics offers work leading to degrees in theoretical and applied statistics.

At the undergraduate level, the department offers a major in statistics and a major in mathematics-statistics, the latter is offered jointly with the Mathematics Department.

The statistics major requires 24 credits at the 2000-level or above in statistics, including STAT 3375Q and 3445. MATH 2210Q or 3210Q and CSE 110 or 130 are strongly recommended. Since STAT 3375Q has MATH 2110Q or 2130Q as a prerequisite, students should begin the calculus sequence as soon as possible.

Students without mathematical background who wish some skill in statistical methodology should take STAT 1100Q followed by 2215Q. Students interested in the statistical analysis of business and economic data should take STAT 1000Q followed by 2215Q. Students with the appropriate calculus prerequisite should take STAT 3025Q rather than STAT 1000Q or 1100Q and 2215Q. STAT 3115Q and 3515Q are appropriate continuations for each of these three introductory sequences. Students interested in statistics as a mathematical discipline should complete STAT 3375Q-3445.

Students who complete the requirements for the statistics major will satisfy the computer technology requirement. To satisfy the information literacy competency and writing in the major requirement, statistics majors must take the STAT 3484 and 3494W sequence

The mathematics-statistics major requires a total of 36 credits at the 2000-level or above in mathematics and statistics (in addition to MATH 2110Q or 2130Q), with at least 12 credits in each department. The required courses in the mathematics-statistics concentration are MATH 2210Q or 3210, and 2410Q or 2420Q, and STAT 3445 and 3375Q.

Students who complete the requirements for the mathematics-statistics major will satisfy the computer technology requirement. To satisfy the information literacy competency and writing in the major requirement, mathematics-statistics majors must take one of the following courses: MATH 2194W, 2720W, 2794W, 3796W, or the STAT 3484 and 3494W sequence. STAT 3484 and 3494W may not be counted toward the Statistics or the Mathematics-Statistics major. A minor in Statistics is described in the Minors section.

 
Minor in Statistics

The Department of Statistics offers a minor in Statistics which should be useful to undergraduate majors in different disciplines. his minor requires at least 15 credits at the 2000-level or above. Students must choose one of two options:

Track I . STAT 2215Q, 3115Q, 3375Q, 3445Q, plus one course from the Optional List below.

Track II . STAT 2215Q, 3025Q, 3115Q, plus two courses from the Optional List below.
Optional List: STAT 3515Q, 3675Q, 3965, 4475, 4525, 4625, 4825, and 4875.

Students who have passed MATH 1122Q, or 1132Q and also MATH 2110Q or 2130Q are strongly advised to take Track I. Students who have passed only MATH 1122Q, 1132Q, or 1152Q should take Track II.

The minor is offered by the Statistics Department.
 
UConn Early College Experience Program

Please visit the Program website: http://www.ece.uconn.edu

UConn Early College Experience in Statistics Faculty Coordinator: Nalini Ravishanker

 
Advance Placement and Credit (AP)

See Table on Guidelines for Evaluation of CB Advanced Placement Examinations in the Undergraduate Catalog . Students who have a score of 4 or 5 in the AP Statistics Exam may receive credit for STAT 1000Q or STAT 1100Q.

 
Assessment of the Statistics Undergraduate Program

All Statistics (B.A. or B.S.) majors should complete an Assessment Project prior to graduation. This is a University requirement, which the department is implementing. Please contact Nalini Ravishanker, the Undergraduate Program Director (CLAS 333; nalini.ravishanker@uconn.edu) for further details.