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 CSCI 131 Techniques of Programming, CSCI 110 Survey of Computer Science or STAT 199-F01 Introduction to Programming in Python. 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 Survey of Computer Science. 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, which satisfies the introductory statistics requirement as listed below. 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:

Required Courses
MATH 135
Calculus 1
or MATH 133
 Calculus 1 with Fundamentals
MATH 136
Calculus 2
MATH 241
Multivariable Calculus
CSCI 131
Techniques of Programming
or STAT 199-F01
 Introduction to Programming in Python
Select one of the following introductory statistics courses:
BIOL 275
Biological Statistics
ECON 149
Statistical Analysis
ECON 249
Statistics
PSYC 200
Statistics
SOCL 226
Social Statistics
STAT 220
Statistics
Required Courses:
STAT 231
Linear Models
or ECON 314
 Econometrics
STAT 232
Categorical Data Analysis
STAT 375
Probability Theory
STAT 376
Statistical Inference
Select three of the following elective courses, with at least one at the 300-level:
STAT 225
Experimental Design
STAT 226
Bayesian Statistics
STAT 280
Computational Statistics
STAT 380
Statistical Computing
STAT 382
Causal Inference
STAT 381
Statistical Learning
STAT 392
Seminar
STAT 400
Directed Reading
STAT 410
Directed Project
ACCT 286
Data Analytics
BIOL 383
Applied Evolution
CSCI 307
Data Mining
CSCI 357
Machine Learning
MATH 243
Mathematical Structures
MATH 244
Linear Algebra
MATH 361
Real Analysis 1

Note: Students who double major in mathematics and statistics can count the following courses towards both programs: CSCI 131/STAT 199-F01, MATH 133/135, MATH 136, MATH 241, and STAT 375