Students with a minor in Statistics will receive training in data analysis, probability, and quantitative reasoning, enhancing any education in science, social science, medicine, finance, etc.
If you are interested a minor in Statistics, please contact our department at stats@stat.colostate.edu.
Effective Fall 2020
Students must satisfactorily complete the total credits required for the minor. Minors and interdisciplinary minors require 12 or more upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
A minimum grade of C must be achieved in all STAT courses required for the minor in statistics.
Code | Title | Credits |
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STAT 158 | Introduction to R Programming | 1 |
STAT 341 | Statistical Data Analysis I | 3 |
STAT 342 | Statistical Data Analysis II | 3 |
Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
Introduction to Applied Statistical Methods | ||
Introduction to Biostatistics | ||
Intro to Theory and Practice of Statistics | ||
STAT/DSCI or Outside Electives (select at least 6 credits from STAT/DSCI list – see lists below) | 12 | |
Program Total Credits: | 22 |
Statistics and Data Science Electives
Code | Title | Credits |
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DSCI 235 | Data Wrangling | 2 |
DSCI 320 | Optimization Methods in Data Science | 3 |
DSCI 335 | Inferential Reasoning in Data Analysis | 3 |
DSCI 336 | Data Graphics and Visualization | 1 |
DSCI 369 | Linear Algebra for Data Science | 4 |
DSCI 445 | Statistical Machine Learning | 3 |
DSCI 473 | Introduction to Geometric Data Analysis | 2 |
DSCI 475 | Topological Data Analysis | 2 |
STAT 305 | Sampling Techniques | 3 |
STAT 331 | Intermediate Applied Statistical Methods | 3 |
STAT 400 | Statistical Computing | 3 |
STAT 420 | Probability and Mathematical Statistics I | 3 |
STAT 421 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes | 3 |
STAT 430 | Probability and Mathematical Statistics II | 3 |
STAT 440 | Bayesian Data Analysis | 3 |
STAT 460 | Applied Multivariate Analysis | 3 |
STAT 472 | Statistical Research--Design, Data, Methods | 3 |
Outside Electives
Code | Title | Credits |
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BIOM 422 | Quantitative Systems and Synthetic Biology | 3 |
BIOM 431/ECE 431 | Biomedical Signal and Image Processing | 3 |
BZ 346 | Population and Evolutionary Genetics | 3 |
BZ 350 | Molecular and General Genetics | 4 |
BZ 360 | Bioinformatics and Genomics | 3 |
CIS 370 | Business Analytics | 3 |
CS 220 | Discrete Structures and their Applications | 4 |
CS 320 | Algorithms--Theory and Practice | 3 |
CS 420 | Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms | 4 |
CS 445 | Introduction to Machine Learning | 4 |
ECE 303/STAT 303 | Introduction to Communications Principles | 3 |
ECE 311 | Linear System Analysis I | 3 |
ECE 312 | Linear System Analysis II | 3 |
ECON 335/AREC 335 | Introduction to Econometrics | 3 |
ECON 435 | Intermediate Econometrics | 3 |
ERHS 332 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3 |
ERHS 430 | Human Disease and the Environment | 3 |
ESS 330 | Quantitative Reasoning for Ecosystem Science | 3 |
F 321 | Forest Biometry | 3 |
F 422 | Quantitative Methods in Forest Management | 3 |
FW 370 | Design of Fish and Wildlife Projects | 3 |
FW 401 | Fishery Science | 3 |
FW 471 | Wildlife Data Collection and Analysis | 4 |
FW 475 | Conservation Decision Making | 3 |
HDFS 350 | Applied Research Methods | 3 |
MATH 229 | Matrices and Linear Equations | 2 |
MATH 331 | Introduction to Mathematical Modeling | 3 |
MATH 340 | Intro to Ordinary Differential Equations | 4 |
MATH 345 | Differential Equations | 4 |
MATH 369 | Linear Algebra I | 3 |
MATH 450 | Introduction to Numerical Analysis I | 3 |
MECH 231 | Engineering Experimentation | 3 |
MECH 417 | Control Systems | 3 |
MGT 475 | International Business Management | 3 |
MKT 450 | Marketing Analytics | 3 |
NR 421 | Natural Resources Sampling | 3 |
NR 422 | GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management | 4 |
PSY 317 | Social Psychology Laboratory | 2 |
PSY 350 | Research Design and Analysis II | 3 |
PSY 370 | Psychological Measurement and Testing | 3 |
PSY 371 | Psychological Measurement and Testing Lab | 1 |
SOC 314 | Sociological Approaches to Quantitative Data | 3 |