Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Physical and Engineering Science.

Students in this program will acquire the ability to use modern statistical methods in a variety of applications, the theoretical understanding necessary to develop statistical methods to meet new needs and a solid preparation for further study. As well, since statistical computing is a fundamental tool for the application and development of modern statistical methods, students will develop skills in computer applications programming using such high-level languages as SAS and S-PLUS.

A minimum grade of 70% in each mathematics courses of semesters 1 and 2 is normally required for admission to semester 3 of this program. A total of 20.00 credits is required to complete the major which includes at least 9.50 credits in Statistics and Mathematics, 2.00 of which must be at the 4000 level. At least 1.00 credit in Arts and Social Science must be completed.

Major (Honours Program)

Semester 1

BIOL*1030 [0.50] Biology I

CHEM*1040 [0.50] General Chemistry I

CIS*1650 [0.50] Programming I

MATH*1200 [0.50] Calculus I

PHYS*1000 [0.50] An Introduction to Mechanics

Note: Students may be exempted from CIS*1650 upon taking a computer science assessment of computing skills. If exempted from CIS*1650, you are advised to take CIS*2650 in the first semester.

Semester 2

BIOL*1040 [0.50] Biology II

CHEM*1050 [0.50] General Chemistry II

MATH*1210 [0.50] Calculus II

PHYS*1010 [0.50] Introductory Electricity and Magnetism

0.50 elective

Semester 3

MATH*2200 [0.50] Advanced Calculus I

0.50 Arts or Social Science elective

0.50 elective

One of:

MATH*2150 [0.50] Applied Matrix Algebra

MATH*2160 [0.50] Linear Algebra I

One of:

STAT*2040 [0.50] Statistics I

STAT*2100 [0.50] Introductory Probability and Statistics

Semester 4

MATH*2130 [0.50] Numerical Methods

MATH*2170 [0.50] Differential Equations I

MATH*2210 [0.50] Advanced Calculus II

0.50 elective

One of:**

STAT*2050 [0.50] Statistics II

0.50 elective

Semester 5

STAT*3100 [0.50] Introductory Mathematical Statistics I

STAT*3240 [0.50] Applied Regression Analysis

1.50 electives

Semester 6

STAT*3110 [0.50] Introductory Mathematical Statistics II

STAT*3210 [0.50] Experimental Design

0.50 3000 or 4000 level Statistics or Mathematics ***

1.00 elective

Semester 7

STAT*4080 [0.50] Data Analysis

0.50 from a 4000 level Statistics or Mathematics ***

1.50 electives

Semester 8

STAT*3320 [0.50] Sampling Theory with Applications

STAT*4340 [0.50] Statistical Inference

1.00 from a 3000 or 4000 level Statistics ***

0.50 elective

**if STAT*2100 is taken in semester 3, STAT*2050 is recommended but not required

***a Statistics major must include 2.00 or more credits in Statistics at the 4000 level (which may include MATH*4070, MATH*4240) and must include at least 6.00 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level from the B.Sc. Program Committee approved list of science electives

Minor (Honours Program)

A total of 5.00 credits in Statistics and Mathematics is required to complete the Minor, at least 3.00 credits of which are in Statistics and at least 1.50 in Mathematics. The required courses are MATH*1200, MATH*1210, (MATH*2150 or MATH*2160), (STAT*2040 or STAT*2100), STAT*2050, STAT*3100, STAT*3110, STAT*3240. To complete the minor it is recommended to take courses from STAT*3210, STAT*3320, STAT*4080, STAT*4350. (Students are strongly urged to take mathematics courses as electives such as MATH*2130, MATH*2200, MATH*3240.)