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(pdf version of statistics major application
form)
What is the Statistics Major?
The statistics major in Penn State's Eberly College of Science helps
prepare students for careers in business, industry, and government,
and for further graduate study in statistics. Students who choose
statistics generally have interests in mathematics, computation, and
the quantitative aspects of science.
Why Statistics at Penn State?
The statistics program at Penn State provides training in mathematics,
computation, database management, and statistical analysis. These
skills are in great demand in industry and government. Research divisions
in the pharmaceutical industry, quality control and quality engineering
divisions in manufacturing companies, corporate planning and analysis
units, and other data-intensive divisions recruit students with an
undergraduate major in statistics.
In order to meet these varied needs, the statistics program at Penn
State offers several options within the major:
Statistics Major Requirements
For a printable pdf version of these requirements, click on one
of the four program links above.
For more detailed information about general education requirements
at Penn State, see
www.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/gened.
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
| WRITING / SPEAKING (GWS): 9 credits |
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QUANTIFICATION (GQ): 8 credits |
ENGL 15 or 30 |
3 |
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ENGL 202C |
3 |
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CAS 100 |
3 |
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NATURAL SCIENCES (GN): 9 credits |
The following natural sciences courses
are required for the biostatistics option:
CHEM 012 (3 cr), CHEM 014 (1 cr),
BIOL 110 (4 cr)
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HEALTH & PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
(GHA):
3 credits |
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SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCE (GS): 6 credits |
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HUMANITIES (GH): 6 credits |
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ARTS (GA): 6 credits |
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total credits above should be forty-seven.
ADVISING
NOTES:
In addition to the above requirements, each student must complete three
credits of intercultural and international competence (GI); a first-year
seminar; and three credits of writing across the curriculum (W suffix).
The writing across the curriculum requirement is satisfied for statistics
majors by STAT 470W. We recommend but do not require that statistics
students take the statistics first-year seminar during the fall of their
first year at Penn State.
Students
may petition to substitute three credits of GS, GA, or GH for three credits
of another of GS, GA, or GH. This substitution is often referred to as
the 3-6-9 sequence (as opposed to the 6-6-6 sequence in GS, GA, GH
shown above).
For more detailed information about general education requirements
at Penn State, see
www.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/gened.
STATISTICS, MATHEMATICS, AND COMPUTER SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS
| STATISTICS: 25 credits |
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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES: 7-9 credits |
STAT 220 |
3 |
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STAT 414 |
3 |
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STAT 415 |
3 |
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STAT 416 |
3 |
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STAT 460 |
3 |
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STAT 462 |
3 |
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STAT 464 |
3 |
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STAT 470W |
3 |
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STAT 480 |
1 |
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MATH 220 |
2-4 |
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MATH 484 or IE 405 |
3 |
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MATH 231 or 230 |
2-4 |
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COMPUTER SCIENCE: 6-7 credits
CSE 103 or
CMPSC 201 |
3-4 |
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CSE 451 (MATH 451) or
CSE 455 (MATH 455) |
3 |
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graduate
study option must take CSE 455 (not CSE 451). |
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