Master of Statistics with concentration in Environmental Statistics

Required Course Work

In addition to the core courses, the following courses are required.

• ST 733: Applied Spatial Statistics
• 9 hours of Statistics electives. Recommended elective courses are:
• ST 506: Sampling Animal Populations
• ST 524: Statistics in Plant Science
• ST 708: Applied Least Squares
• ST 711: Design of Experiments
• ST 715: Theory of Sampling
• ST 730: Applied Time Series Analysis
• ST 731: Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis
• ST 732: Applied Longitudinal Analysis
• ST 744: Categorical Data Analysis
• ST 745: Analysis of Survival Data
• ST 782, ST 783: Time Series
• 9 hours of supporting electives which form a full or split minors from the following (or other approved) areas. Students not holding a B.S. or other degree in a biological area must form a minor in areas other than mathematics.
• Environmental Policy
• Economics
• Epidemiology
• Toxicology/Risk Assessment
• Mathematics
• MEAS
• GIS
• Botany and Ecology
• Biomathematics
• Zoology

Additional Notes on Graduate Advisory Committee

Since a formal minor area is required, the advisory committee must have two members from the Department of Statistics and a third member representing the minor area.