BSc or BA (120 credit hour) Major in Statistics

The 120 credit hour Major is suited to students who want to focus on Statistics, but wish to have a program that is somewhat less constrained than the Honours program.

Departmental requirements

In addition to fulfilling the requirements outlined in the Academic Regulations and College of Arts and Science Degree Requirements sections, students in a BSc or BA Major program in Statistics must complete the following courses:

1000 level

• MATH 1000.03: Differential and Integral Calculus I/MATH 1010.03: Differential and Integral Calculus II or MATH 1215.03: Life Sciences Calculus/MATH 1010.03: Differential and Integral Calculus II
• STAT 1060.03: Introductory Statistics for Science and Health Sciences¹
  
• Math 1030.03: Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra I

2000 level

• MATH 2001.03: Intermediate Calculus I
• MATH 2002.03: Intermediate Calculus II or MATH 2505: Introductory Analysis
• MATH 2040.03: Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra II or MATH 2135.03: Linear Algebra
• CSCI 2202.03: Computer modelling for scientists
• STAT 2060.03: Introduction to Probability and Statistics
• STAT 2080.03: Statistical Methods for Data Analysis and Inference² 
• STAT 2450.03: Introduction to Data Mining with R

3000 level

• STAT 3340.03: Regression and Analysis of Variance
• STAT 3360.03: Probability
• STAT 3460.03: Intermediate Statistical Theory
• One Statistics course (3 credit hours) at or above the 3000 level. 
• One Statistics course (3 credit hours) at the 4000 level
• One of STAT 3350: Design of Experiments, STAT 3380: Sample Survey Methods, STAT 3450: Statistical Learning with R, STAT 3740: Predictive Analytics

¹The requirement to take STAT 1060.03: Introductory Statistics for Science and Health Sciences may be waived for students entering the program in their second year.

 ²Some students may take STAT 2080.03 in the first year of their degree program.

³Statistics courses are any courses listed or cross-listed as STAT (with the exception of STAT 3069)