| Program name: | Statistics |
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| Type of program: | Master Degree Program |
| The program will be offered at: | Akron Campus |
| Existing courses required for completion of program: (list each individually, one course per line, with course number, title, and credit hours) | |
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| • Core curriculum:
3470:580 Statistical Data Management 3 3470:651 Probability and Statistics 4 3470:652 Advanced Mathematical Statistics 3 3470:663 Experimental Design 3 3470:665 Regression 3 Total 16 3470:689 Advanced Topics in Statistics (See AS-10-084) 3 Statistical Computer Science option (addition to existing master’s program) • Other required courses: 3460:501 Fundamentals of Data Structures 3 3460:506 Introduction to C and UNIX 3 3460:575 Database Management 3 3460:676 Data Mining 3 Total 12 | |
| Courses new to university offering required for completion of program: (list each individually, one course per line, with course number, title, and credit hours) | |
| None | |
| Deletion of required courses | |
| None | |
| Existing courses which can be used as electives in program: (list each individually, one course per line, with course number, title, and credit hours; if options exist, list by option) | |
| No Change | |
| Courses new to university offering which can be used as electives in program: (list each individually, one course per line, with course number, title, and credit hours; if options exist, list by option) | |
| None | |
| Deletion of elective courses | |
| None | |
| Change in number of elective credits | |
| Change in number of required credits | |
| Change in number of credits required for degree | |
| Change in other degree requirements | |
| Require master's students to present their approved Thesis or Statistics Master's Paper in a colloquium to faculty and other students. | |
| Change in admissions requirements for direct admits | |
| Current requirements: No Change Proposed requirements: | |
| Change in admissions requirements for students using intercollege transfer | |
| Current requirements: No Change Proposed requirements: | |
| Change in admissions requirements to a graduate program | |
| Current requirements: No Change Proposed requirements: | |
| Implementation Plan | |
| Effective fall 2010, all students entering the Master of Science in Statistics degree program will be required to present their approved Thesis or Statistics Master's Paper in a colloquium to faculty and other students. | |
| Additional program requirements: | |
| None | |
| Other information: | |
| Resource statement: | |
| No changes in resource requirements. | |
| Web components statement: | |
| N/A | |
| Rationale: | |
| Having students present the work they do in the Thesis or Statistics Master's Paper will enhance the preparation and understanding of the candidate and provide educational opportunities for other students and the faculty. Such presentations will help other students see what kind of research is done and give them ideas on how to do their own work. | |
| Bulletin description: | |
| NOTE: Assumes AS-10-84 is approved to eliminate comprehensive exams and replace with a 3470:689 Advanced Topics in Statistics course).
• Entrance into the program will require the initial completion of the following prerequisites: Three semesters of calculus or equivalent One semester of Linear Algebra or equivalent. One semester of Applied Statistics or equivalent. • Core curriculum: 3470:580 Statistical Data Management 3 3470:651 Probability and Statistics 4 3470:652 Advanced Mathematical Statistics 3 3470:663 Experimental Design 3 3470:665 Regression 3 Total 16 Statistical Computer Science option (addition to existing master’s program) • Other required courses: 3460:501 Fundamentals of Data Structures 3 3460:506 Introduction to C and UNIX 3 3460:575 Database Management 3 3460:676 Data Mining 3 Total 12 Thesis requirements (30 credits of graduate work) In addition to the core curriculum, students must take 3 credits in 3470:689 Advanced Topics in Statistics, 2-4 credits in 3470:699 Master’s Thesis and 7-9 other approved elective graduate credit hours must be completed. Upon approval of the thesis by the student's Advisor and Reader, the thesis must be presented in a colloquium to faculty and students. Nonthesis requirements (33 credits of graduate work) In addition to the core curriculum,2-4 credits in 3470:692 Statistics Master's Paper and 13-15 other approved elective graduate credit hours must be completed. Upon approval of the Statistics Master's Paper by the student's Advisor and Reader, the paper must be presented in a colloquium to faculty and students. The Statistical Computer Science option requirements may be applied toward the elective courses. |