B.S. in Statistics & Computer Science
Students must complete at least 120 total hours and the following university, college and department requirements. For more complete information about college and university requirements, please consult the LAS guidelines here.
See also: Prerequisite Flowchart and Course Planning Forms
University and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirements
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Hours |
Courses |
|---|---|
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4 |
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3 |
Advanced Composition may be overlapped with other requirements and free electives increased. |
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0-16 |
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24 |
Department of Computer Science Requirements
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Hours |
Courses |
|---|---|
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11-12 |
Calculus through MATH 241 Calculus III |
| 0-1 | CS 100 Freshman Orientation (recommended) |
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4 |
CS 125 Intro to Computer Science |
| 3 | CS 126 Software Design Studio (Students entering prior to fall 2016 take CS 242.) |
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3 |
CS 173 Discrete Structures |
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4 |
CS 225 Data Structures |
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4 |
CS 233 Computer Architecture (Students who have completed CS 231 and CS 232 need not take this course.) |
|
4 |
CS 241 System Programming |
|
3 |
CS 357 Numerical Methods I |
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4 |
CS 374 Algorithms and Models of Computation (Students who have completed CS 373 and CS 473 need not take this course.) |
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3 |
CS 421 Programming Languages and Compilers (Students entering prior to fall 2016 who have taken CS 423 need not take this course.) |
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3 |
MATH 415 Linear Algebra |
Required Mathematics and Statistics Courses
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4 |
STAT 400 Statistics and Probability I (Students should take a course from Group I below before taking STAT 400; Students entering prior to fall 2016 can satisfy this requirement by taking MATH 461.) |
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3 |
STAT 410 Statistics and Probability II |
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3 |
STAT 428 Statistical Computing |
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12 |
At lease four other STAT, CS, or MATH courses, with at least one chosen from each of the following groups: |
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Group I: Statistical Methods STAT 200 Statistical Analysis STAT 212 Biostatistics CS 361 Probability and Statistics for Computer Science (Students entering prior to fall 2016 can satisfy this requirement by taking any additional 400-level STAT course.) |
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Group II Mathematical Analysis and Modeling MATH 347 Fundamental Mathematics MATH 441 Differential Equations MATH 444 Elementary Real Analysis MATH 447 Real Variables |
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Group III Computational Application Areas STAT 385 Statistics Programming Methods CS 410 Text Information Systems CS 411 Database Systems CS 412 Data Mining CS 446 Machine Learning CS 481 Stochastic Processes & Applications CS 482 Simulation (Students entering prior to fall 2016 can also satisfy this requirement by taking CS 418.) |
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Group IV Statistical Analysis and Modeling STAT 420 Methods of Applied Statistics STAT 425 Applied Regression and Design STAT 426 Sampling and Categorical Data STAT 448 Advanced Data Analysis (Students entering prior to fall 2016 can also satisfy this requirement by taking STAT 424.) |
120 Total Hours Required
Prerequisite Flowchart and Course Planning Forms - B.S. in Statistics & Computer Science
Course planning forms provide a checklist of all requirements for the major and a framework for creating four-year plan on the back of the form. These forms vary, depending on when you entered the major.
Students who entered Fall 2018 or later
Students who entered Fall 2016 until Fall 2018
Students who entered prior to Fall 2016