Statistics and Data Science Major
Department Advanced Placement Policy
AP Calculus
Students who have received a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus AB exam, or a subscore of 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus BC Exam, will earn credit for MATH 135 Calculus 1 and are advised to take MATH 136 Calculus 2. Students will forfeit their credit if they opt to take MATH 133 Calculus 1 with Fundamentals or MATH 135 Calculus 1. Students who receive a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus BC exam will earn credit for MATH 136 Calculus 2 and are advised to take MATH 241 Multivariable Calculus. Students will forfeit their credit if they opt to take MATH 133 Calculus 1 with Fundamentals, MATH 135 Calculus 1 or MATH 136 Calculus 2.
AP Computer Science
Students with a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Computer Science A exam earn one unit of credit for CSCI 131 Techniques of Programming. Students with AP Computer Science A credit will forfeit their AP credit if they opt to take either CSCI 131 or CSCI 110. AP Computer Science A credit counts towards fulfilling the statistics and data science major requirements. A score of 4 or 5 on the AP Computer Science Principles exam will earn one unit of credit for CSCI 110. This course does not count toward fulfilling the statistics and data science major requirements. A score of 4 or 5 on either AP Computer Science exam fulfills the mathematical science common area requirement.
AP Statistics
Students who have received a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Statistics exam will earn one unit of credit for ECON 249 Statistics. Students will forfeit their AP credit if they opt to take any 100- or 200-level statistics course at the College, including STAT 120 Statistical Reasoning, STAT 220 Statistics, BIOL 275 Biological Statistics, ECON 149 Statistical Analysis, ECON 249 Statistics, PSYC 200 Statistics, and SOCL 226 Social Statistics.
Requirements
The following courses are required:
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Required Courses | |
| Calculus 1 | |
or MATH 133 | Calculus 1 with Fundamentals |
| Calculus 2 | |
| Multivariable Calculus | |
| Techniques of Programming | |
| Select one of the following introductory statistics courses: | |
| Biological Statistics | |
| Statistical Analysis | |
| Statistics | |
| Statistics | |
| Social Statistics | |
| Statistics | |
| Required Courses: | |
| Linear Models | |
| Categorical Data Analysis | |
| Probability Theory | |
| Statistical Inference | |
| Select three of the following elective courses, with at least one at the 300-level: | |
| Experimental Design | |
| Bayesian Statistics | |
| Causal Inference | |
| Computational Statistics | |
| Statistical Computing | |
| Statistical Learning | |
| Seminar | |
| Directed Reading | |
| Directed Project | |
| Data Analytics | |
| Applied Evolution | |
| Data Mining | |
| Machine Learning | |
| Mathematical Structures | |
| Linear Algebra | |
| Real Analysis 1 | |
Note: Students who double major in mathematics and statistics can count the following courses towards both programs: CSCI 131, MATH 133/135, MATH 136, MATH 241, and STAT 375