Statistics

Statistics Minor

The Department of Statistics at Western Michigan University offers a statistics minor.

Program requirements

Intro Course

Choose one of the following courses:

STAT 2160 - Business Statistics (3 hours)
STAT 2600 - Data Analysis Using R (4 hours)
STAT 3640 - Foundations of Data Analysis (4 hours)
STAT 3660 - Data Analysis for Biosciences (4 hours)

Required Course

STAT 4640 - Introduction to Statistical Computing (3 hours)

Electives

Choose three electives from the following list of courses:

STAT 2630 - Introduction to Mathematical Statistics Using R (3 hours)
STAT 3620 - Probability (3 hours)
STAT 5450 - Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis (3 hours)
STAT 5610 - Applied Multivariate Statistical Methods (3 hours)
STAT 5630 - Sample Survey Methods (3 hours)
STAT 5660 - Nonparametric Statistical Methods (3 hours)
STAT 5670 - Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments (3 hours)
STAT 5680 - Regression Analysis (3 hours)
STAT 5820 - Time Series Analysis (3 hours)
STAT 5850 - Applied Data Mining (3 hours)
STAT 5860 - Computer Based Data Analysis (3 hours)
STAT 5870 - Big Data Analysis Using Python (3 hours)