Statistics Minor

Pre-requisite Courses for Statistics Minor

To complete the required courses for the Statistics minor, you will need to first complete the following pre-requisite courses [by completing the course or establishing credit]. These courses are not part of the Statistics minor.

• MA 16500 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus I or
• MA 16100 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus I or
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I [Note: students only completing MA 16010  will have limited pathways to finish the minor due to pre-requisites]

Requirements for the Minor (15 credits)

To obtain a minor in Statistics, the following courses must be completed. A course can only be used in one area.

3 credits from AREA 1, 3 credits from AREA 2, 3 credits from AREA 3, 6 credits from AREA 4 = 15 TOTAL Credits

Due to Minor Requirements and Pre-requisites, Below are the Suggested Pathways for Specific Majors

Notes

• ALL COURSES FOR THIS MINOR MUST BE TAKEN AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY
• AT LEAST 9 credits of the 15 credit hour minor must be STAT courses.
• *IE 53000 and MA 41600 are considered a STAT course due to cross-listing
• Students Majoring in Actuarial Science, Actuarial Science Honors, Data Science,  Applied Statistics, Mathematical Statistics, Statistics with Math, and/or Statistics Honors cannot complete this minor.
• Students must earn a 2.0 average in MATH/STAT/IE courses required for the minor. 
• Courses that do not require calculus, such as PSY 20100 and SOC 38200 are not equivalent to the courses listed.
• Credit for the STAT minor is not allowed for more than one course in each group (per Course Catalog descriptions):
  • STAT 22500, STAT 31100, STAT 41600 or MA 41600
  • STAT 30100, STAT 35000, STAT 50100
  • STAT 50300 and STAT 51100

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