Statistics, Ph.D.
Requirements
Ph.D. students must complete seventy-five semester hours. Requirements include a statistics core of twenty-seven semester hours, consulting-teaching practicum of three semester hours, elective courses of thirty-six semester hours, and nine semester hours of dissertation work. A successful dissertation defense is also required in order to earn this degree. Other requirements are computer proficiency and a preliminary examination. A foreign language is not required.
Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics Core | ||
| STA 5353 | Theory of Statistics II | 3 |
| STA 5380 | Methods in Statistics I | 3 |
| STA 5381 | Methods in Statistics II | 3 |
| STA 6375 | Computational Statistics I | 3 |
| STA 5383 | Introduction to Multivariate Analysis | 3 |
| STA 5362 | Time Series Analysis | 3 |
| STA 6382 | Theory of Linear Models | 3 |
| STA 6352 | Bayesian Theory | 3 |
| STA 6351 | Large Sample Theory | 3 |
| Practicum Courses | ||
| STA 5V85 | Practice in Statistics | 3 |
| Dissertation | ||
| STA 6V99 | Dissertation | 9 |
| Electives Courses | ||
| The elective courses are selected from approved STA courses or from approved courses in MTH, CSI, ECO, QBA, ISY, BIO, or PSY. 1 | 36 | |
| Total Hours | 75 | |
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Note that STA 5V85 Practice in Statistics does not count as an elective course.