First Year
Fall Semester
Most incoming students take STAT 511, 513 and 597C Introduction
to Computing Environments. Many students take STAT 480,
an introduction to statistical computing packages. The
remaining three credits could be another statistics courses
such as STAT 464 Applied Nonparametric Statistics.
Other courses taken depend on student interest:
- Students with a computing interest might take a computer
science course, such as CSE 451 or 455, courses in
numerical computations and matrix computations.
- Students with a biostatistics interest might take
an introductory biostatistics course; a course in biomedical
sciences such as MICROB 400 Introductory Environmental
Microbiology, or BIOL 428 Population Genetics.
- Students with a statistical ecology interest
might take a relevant course in environmental and ecological
programs.
- Students interested in the dual degree in Statistics
and Operations Research might take a course in linear
or dynamic programming in the College of Engineering
or Smeal College of Business.
Spring Semester
Students continue with STAT 512, 514, and 515.
Students will then take the master's qualifying exam
shortly
after the end of the spring semester.
Summer Session
Most students use this period to take a topics course
in statistics and perhaps a course outside the department
in an area of interest that complements their area of emphasis.
Second Year
Students generally take three courses per
semester, plus STAT 580 Statisical
Consulting Practicum. These courses can be a mixture
of statistics courses and
elective courses from other areas that fit into areas
of interest and emphasis. Statistics courses in year
two typically
are selected from the following: STAT 503, 505, 506, 510, 524, 525, 540,
and 544.
In the second year, the student must also begin the
master's paper or thesis. This is on a topic chosen by
the student in consultation with his or her advisor. Often
the paper is completed in the spring semester prior to
graduation, or the second summer. |
