Certificate in Applied Statistics

The Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in applied statistics is a program designed primarily for graduate students at Western Michigan University who are not statistics majors. Students who complete the program will be quantitatively aware and capable of doing quantitative research for their doctoral dissertations and master's theses. They will be able to properly design experiments or surveys, collect data, and perform analysis using statistical software packages such as SPSS or SAS.

Besides graduate students at WMU, the program is also available for graduates of bachelor's programs who find the pursuit of a masters degree too rigorous or time consuming. Students learn skills that can be used in business, education, health, science, government and technology fields.

Before taking any certificate classes, students must submit an application to the certificate program (e.g. by clicking on the Apply Now link below) and be accepted into the certificate program.  Next, a plan of study needs to be filed with the certificate advisor (see the Program Outline links below).  Strict adherence to these two steps and the rules and regulations governing certificate programs – as specified in the graduate catalog - must be followed.  Specifically, only courses listed in the graduate catalog (check Catalog Description below) will be allowed on the plan of study.

Program Description

Check the WMU Catalog for the program description and requirements. The program requires 12 credit hours.

Admission Requirements

Applicants are expected to have completed an introductory course in statistics.

Application

All graduate program applications must be submitted through the online application system.

Program Outline

Once you have been admitted to the certificate program, you will need to create a program outline with the certificate advisor.