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From NCSU Statistics Graduate Handbook
Master of Statistics Course Requirements at a Glance
All Master of Statistics degrees require ST 512, 521, 522, 552, 641, passing the Basic Exam and Master's Final Oral Exam. Courses denoted with 'X' are require for the concentration. For MStat and Biostat, students must take at least one of the '*' courses.
| Concentration | ST 520 (Fall) | ST 711 (Fall) | ST 715 (Fall) | ST 721 (Spring+) | ST 732 (Spring) | ST 733 (Spring) | ST 744 (Spring) | ST 745 (Spring) | ST 758 (Fall) | ST 779 (Fall) | ST 793 (Spring) | Statistics Electives | Supporting Electives |
| MStat (no concentration) | X | X | * | * | 3 hrs | 9 hrs | |||||||
| Biomedical Statistics | X | X | * | X | * | 9 hrs | |||||||
| Environmental Statistics | X | 9 hrs | 9 hrs Need minor | ||||||||||
| Mathematical Statistics | X | X | X | 12 hrs | |||||||||
| Statistical Genetics | X | 6 hrs | 12 hrs incl. GN 703 |
+ Offered only in even springs
Doctor of Philosophy Course Requirements at a Glance
All PhD students are required to pass the Basic Exam at the PhD level, Written and Oral Preliminary Examinations and the Final Oral Examinations. Students must take at least 21 hours of coursework (not research hours) including the following.
- ST 779 Advanced Probability
- ST 793 Advanced Statistical Inference
- ST 758 Computation for Statistical Research
- Core Option -- one of the following courses: Asymptotic Statistics, Advanced Bayesian Methods, or Modern Nonparametric Methods -- currently offered at ST 790
- ST 841 (if ST 641 not taken previously)
- 6 hours of PhD electives
- 3 hours of supporting electives
