Statistics Minor

The minor, administered by the Department of Statistics, is designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts of statistical inference and a familiarity with the methods of applied statistical analysis. A minor in statistics will assist students with their major field of study to better prepare them for a career in their chosen field. It will also prepare students to for graduate studies in statistics or in one of many areas where data analysis plays an important role. 

All University of Illinois undergraduate students are eligible to earn the Minor in Statistics, except for those enrolled in the Statistics or Stat & Computer Science majors.

Prerequisites

To complete all required courses in the Statistics minor, students will need to take calculus through at least MATH 231. Prerequisites for all minor courses should be followed as written in the Course Explorer.

Registration

Due to the continued growth of the department and high demand of Statistics courses, many of course offerings hold major restrictions to ensure the highest priority to our majors. Pursuing a Stat minor does not grant a student priority registration rights for major restricted courses. Additional information on our course restrictions and when they will be removed can be found here.

Required Courses (17-22 hours)

At least three courses must be in Statistics.

* denotes preferred courses

1. Statistical Concepts

Select one of the following:

  • STAT 100: Statistics*
  • STAT 107: Data Science Discovery*
  • ACE 261: Applied Statistical Methods
  • CPSC 241: Intro to Applied Statistics
  • ECON 202: Economic Statistics I
  • EPSY 280: Elements of Statistics
  • PSYC 235: Intro to Statistics
  • SOC 280: Intro to Social Statistics

2. Data Analysis

Select one of the following:

  • STAT 200: Statistical Analysis*
  • STAT 207: Data Science Exploration*
  • STAT 212: Biostatistics
  • ECON 203: Economic Statistics II
  • --CS 361 can be substituted for applicable students

3. Linear Algebra

Select one of the following:

  • MATH 225: Introductory Matrix Theory
  • MATH 257: Linear Algebra with Computational Applications*
  • MATH 415: Applied Linear Algebra
  • --MATH 416 or ASRM 406 can be substituted for applicable students

 4. Mathematical Statistics

Select one of the following:

  • STAT 400: Statistics & Probability I*
  • ASRM 401/STAT 408: Actuarial Statistics I
  • MATH 461: Probability Theory

 5. Advanced Statistical Methods

Select two of the following:

  • STAT 385: Statistics Programming Methods
  • STAT 410: Statistics and Probability II (if STAT 400 is completed)                                   
  •    or ASRM 402/STAT 409: Actuarial Statistics II (if ASRM 401/STAT 408 or MATH 461 is completed)
  • STAT 420: Methods of Applied Statistics*
  •    or STAT 425: Statistical Modeling I      
  • STAT 424: Design of Experiments
  • STAT 426: Statistical Modeling II (If STAT 425 is completed)
  • STAT 428: Statistical Computing
  • STAT 429: Time Series Analysis
  • STAT 430: Topics in Applied Statistics
  • STAT 431: Applied Bayesian Analysis
  • STAT 432: Basics of Statistical Learning
  • STAT 433: Stochastic Processes
  • STAT 434: Survival Analysis
  • STAT 437: Unsupervised Learning
  • STAT 440: Statistical Data Management
  • STAT 443: Professional Statistics
  • STAT 447: Data Science Programming Methods
  • STAT 448: Advanced Data Analysis         
  • STAT 480: Big Data Analytics
  • ECON 471: Intro to Applied Econometrics


Please see Course Catalog for detailed course descriptions.
--STAT 430 may be repeated for fulfillment of the Advanced Statistical Methods requirement if the topics differ.

 --Courses with a statistical focus at the 300- or 400-level offered by other departments may be accepted as satisfactory for this requirement pending a review of a current syllabus supplied to the Statistics Advising office. Students are encouraged to contact stat-undergrad@illinois.edu with questions and to submit syllabi of potential courses.

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