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Graduate Program: Master of Arts

Our department offers a Masters Degree in Statistics that prepares students for employment in a wide variety of fields including insurance, pharmaceuticals, consulting, and government. The degree can be earned as a terminal degree, or along the way while working on the PhD. The department offers a Master of Arts in Statistics with two different required specializations to choose from:

        1. Mathematical Statistics
        2. Applied Statistics.

1. The Mathematical Statistics specialization gives students a more theoretical probability and statistics education. This degree is usually given to students who are working toward their PhD.

2. The Applied Statistics specialization is oriented toward practical statistical situations. It aims at teaching data analytic procedures and their applications to statistical problems. In keeping with this goal, students are required to become skilled at statistical computing and participate actively in the consulting projects that arise in the Statistical Consulting Laboratory. This degree will prepare students for careers in government, industry, and quantitative research in other scientific disciplines.

Degree Requirements

1. The Mathematical Statistics Specialization: The candidate must complete 42 units of upper-division or graduate work, including any two of the three basic graduate course sequences: PSTAT 207 A-B-C, PSTAT 213 A-B-C, PSTAT 220 A-B-C. Students must pass a comprehensive examination corresponding to two of the above sequences, or must pass a comprehensive examination corresponding to one of the three sequences, and prepare a thesis under the supervision of a faculty member, and defend it before their MA thesis committee.

2. The Applied Statistics Specialization: The candidate must complete 42 units of upper-division or graduate work approved by the Graduate Advisor in Statistics. At least 24 of these units must be at the graduate level. The 42 units must include PSTAT 220 A-B-C and PSTAT 122 and PSTAT 230. Students must pass a comprehensive written examination based on PSTAT 120A-B-C, 122, 126, and 220A-B-C and submit a project report on data analysis to the Applied Statistics Exam Committee.

In both of these programs, the candidate must complete 42 units with an average GPA of 3.0, 24 of which must be graduate courses in the 200 series. Each required/core course must be completed with a grade of B or better.

Other Resources

Progress Sheet for MA: Mathematical Statistics (Examination)

Progress Sheet for MA: Mathematical Statistics (Thesis)

Progress Sheet for MA: Applied Statistics

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