Applied Statistics Minor

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The Minor in Applied Statistics is open to students in all majors and is specifically recommended for those students who wish to pursue graduate school or work in research. Students pursuing the minor will have enhanced statistical skills and a deeper understanding of statistics than what is received in one or two introductory courses. A minimum of 18 credits is required to complete this minor, 8 credits from required courses and 10 credits from elective courses.

Curriculum List

Students are advised to consult an advisor from the Mathematics Department of select upper-division mathematics courses that would be most applicable to their major and/or career goals.

A minimum of 18 credits (all earned with grade of “C” or above) is required to earn the minor.
Required courses: MATH 361 - Statistical Methods I and MATH 362 - Statistical Methods II . In addition, at least 10 more credits of upper–division courses are needed from the lists below. Note that at least 4 credits of those must come from MATH/STAT courses listed below.
At least 12 credits must be taken at OIT.

Courses

Upper-Division MATH/STAT Electives (at least 4 credits)
MATH 465 - Mathematical Statistics Credit Hours: 4
STAT 412 - Regression & Times Series Credit Hours: 4
STAT 414 - Stat Methods in Epidemiology Credit Hours: 4

Additional Courses

(at most 6 credits)

ENV 434 - Advanced Data Analysis Credit Hours: 4
BUS 456 - Business Research Methods Credit Hours: 3
or
BUS 457 - Business Research Methods II Credit Hours: 3
COM 326 - Communication Research Credit Hours: 3
GME 444 - Adjustment by Least Squares Credit Hours: 4
MFG 333 - Stat Methods Qual/Improv Credit Hours: 3
MGT 461 - Lean/Six Sigma Management I Credit Hours: 3
or
MGT 462 - Lean/Six Sigma Management II Credit Hours: 3
or
MGT 463 - Lean/Six Sigma Management III Credit Hours: 3
PSY 313 - Psych Research Methods I Credit Hours: 4
or
PSY 314 - Psych Research Methods II Credit Hours: 4

Note:

Not all courses are offered every term or every year.