BA

Program Description

The Statistical Science major provides an interdisciplinary academic program in the study of empirical quantitative reasoning in its scientific and social context. The major integrates the study of the three major themes in Statistical Science:

1. mathematical statistics, which examines the theoretical underpinning of the field and prepares students for graduate work in statistics or a quantitative field;
2. applied statistics, which prepares students for careers in applied statistics, statistical programming, and other areas that require broad knowledge of statistical ideas and techniques; and
3. computational statistics, which stresses the computational aspects of statistics, including numerical methods, visualization, data mining, machine learning, and computational methods for extracting information from large digital data sets.