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2026-2027 Course Schedule

Important: Courses, meeting times, and instructors are subject to change at any time. please check back regularly.

(UG) = for undergraduate students
(G) = for graduate students
(UG/G) = for both undergraduate and graduate students

Some STAT courses have restrictions regarding enrollment. Restricted enrollment is noted in the Enrollment Info column with codes that start with “RE”.

If you have questions please email us at stats@northwestern.edu

Jump to: Fall 2026 | Winter 2027 | Spring 2027

 

Fall 2026

Courses, day/time, instructors are subject to change at any time, please check back regularly.

(UG) = for undergraduate students
(G) = for graduate students
(UG/G) = for both undergraduate and graduate students

Enrollment Info code descriptions:
RE = Restricted Enrollment, contact the department with questions
RE-DSM = Restricted Enrollment-restricted to declared Data Science majors
RE-DSM+ST = Restricted Enrollment-restricted to declared Data Science majors, Statistics majors/minors
RE-RPSE* = Restricted Enrollment-Restricted to pre-arranged scheduled enrollment group, course is FULL
RE-IP = Restricted Enrollment-Instructor permission required, contact instructor
PRS-Stat = Pre-Registration suggested for Stats majors/minors
PRS-DSM = Pre-Registration suggested for Data Science majors

*Registration for STAT 301-1,2,3 and STAT 303-1,2,3 is restricted to Data Science minors, Data Science majors, Statistics majors, Ad Hoc Masters Applied Statistics students. These students must take the courses in the quarter and year on their course plan set with the department for enrollment in the course. All seats in these courses for 2026-2027 are assigned.

*Registration for STAT 302 is restricted to Data Science minors, Data Science majors, Statistics majors, Ad Hoc Masters Applied Statistics, PhD in Statistics, and MS in Statistics students. These students must take the course in the quarter and year on their course plan set with the department for enrollment in the course. All seats in these courses for 2026-2027 are assigned.

Course Number Course Name Instuctor Day/Time Enrollment Info
101-7 (UG) First-Year Seminar Zabell MWF 2:00-2:50pm RE
201-0 (UG) Introduction to Programming for Data Science Behera MWF 3:00-3:50pm
202-0 (UG) Introduction to Statistics and Data Science Kuyper MWF 9:00-9:50am
210-0 (UG) Introduction to Probability and Statistics Lewis MWF 1:00-1:50pm 
See CAESAR for discussion times
228-0/MATH 235 (UG) Series and Multiple Integrals RE-DSM+ST

301-1-20 
(UG/G)

Data Science 1 with R Kuyper MW 12:30-1:50pm RE-RPSE
301-1-21 (UG/G) Data Science 1 with R Ye MW 5:30-6:50pm RE-RPSE
302-0 Data Visualization Neykov MW 9:30-10:50am RE-RPSE
303-1-20 (UG/G) Data Science 1 with Python Shi MW 12:30-1:50pm RE-RPSE
303-1-21 (UG/G) Data Science 1 with Python Behera MW 5:30-6:50pm RE-RPSE
303-1-22 (UG/G) Data Science 1 with Python Besler TTh 5:00-6:20pm RE-RPSE
304-0
(UG/G)
Data Structures and Algorithms for Data Science Shi MW 2:00-3:20pm PRS-DSM, RE-DSM
305-0
(UG/G)
Information Management for Data Science Besler TTh 3:30-4:50pm PRS-DSM, RE-DSM
320-1-20 (UG/G) Statistical Theory and Methods 1 Andrews MWF 12:00-12:50pm PRS-Stat
320-1-21 (UG/G) Statistical Theory and Methods 1 Ye MWF 2:00-2:50pm PRS-Stat
344-0 (UG/G) Statistical Computing Wang MW 9:30-10:50am PRS-Stat
348-0 (UG/G) Applied Multivariate Analysis Severini TTh 9:30-10:50am PRS-Stat
350-0-20 (UG/G) Regression Analysis Section 20 - Undergraduate section*
*Ad Hoc MS also register for this section
H. Jiang TTh 2:00-3:20pm PRS-Stat
350-0-21 (G) Regression Analysis Section 21 - Graduate section, PhD & MS (Enrollment for graduate students ONLY) Ruan TTh 12:30-1:50pm RE
359-0 (UG/G) Topics in Statistics - Deep Learning Krishna TTh 5:00-6:20pm RE-IP,
Pre-Reg avail for DSM& Stat with IP
362-0 
(UG/G)
Advanced Machine Learning for Data Science Besler TTh 12:30-1:50pm PRS-DSM, RE-DSM
390-0 (UG/G) Data Science Project Krishna TTh 11:00-12:20pm RE-IPPRS-DSM, RE-DSM
420-1 (G) Introduction to Statistical Theory and Methodology 1 Samia TTh 2:00-3:20pm RE
430-1 (G) Probability for Statistical Inference 1 Ruan TTh 2:00-3:20pm
456-0 (G) Generalized Linear Models Samia TTh 11:00-12:20pm

 

Winter 2027

Courses, day/time, instructors are subject to change at any time, please check back regularly.

(UG) = for undergraduate students
(G) = for graduate students
(UG/G) = for both undergraduate and graduate students

Enrollment Info code descriptions:
RE = Restricted Enrollment, contact the department with questions
RE-DSM = Restricted Enrollment-restricted to declared Data Science majors
RE-DSM+ST = Restricted Enrollment-restricted to declared Data Science majors, Statistics majors/minors
RE-RPSE* = Restricted Enrollment-Restricted to pre-arranged scheduled enrollment group, course is FULL
RE-IP = Restricted Enrollment-Instructor permission required, contact instructor
PRS-Stat = Pre-Registration suggested for Stats majors/minors
PRS-DSM = Pre-Registration suggested for Data Science majors

*Registration for STAT 301-1,2,3 and STAT 303-1,2,3 is restricted to Data Science minors, Data Science majors, Statistics majors, Ad Hoc Masters Applied Statistics students. These students must take the courses in the quarter and year on their course plan set with the department for enrollment in the course. All seats in these courses for 2026-2027 are assigned.

*Registration for STAT 302 is restricted to Data Science minors, Data Science majors, Statistics majors, Ad Hoc Masters Applied Statistics, PhD in Statistics, and MS in Statistics students. These students must take the course in the quarter and year on their course plan set with the department for enrollment in the course. All seats in these courses for 2026-2027 are assigned.

Course Number Course Name Instuctor Day/Time Enrollment Info
201-0 (UG) Introduction to Programming for Data Science Behera MWF 3:00-3:50pm
202-0 (UG) Introduction to Statistics and Data Science Sass MWF 9:00-9:50am
210-0 (UG) Introduction to Probability and Statistics Limbrock MWF 1:00-1:50pm 
See CAESAR for discussion times
228-0/MATH 235 (UG) Series and Multiple Integrals RE-DSM+ST
301-2-20 
(UG/G)
Data Science 2 with R Sass MW 12:30-1:50pm RE-RPSE
301-2-21 
(UG/G)
Data Science 2 with R Ye MW 5:30-6:50pm RE-RPSE
302-0-20 
(UG/G)
Data Visualization (R) Kuyper MW 3:30-4:50pm RE-RPSE
302-0-21 
(UG/G)
Data Visualization (Python) Besler TTh 3:30-4:50pm RE-RPSE
303-2-20
(UG/G)
Data Science 2 with Python Shi MW 12:30-1:50pm RE-RPSE
303-2-21
(UG/G)
Data Science 2 with Python Behera MW 5:30-6:50pm RE-RPSE
303-2-22
(UG/G)
Data Science 2 with Python Besler TTh 5:00-6:20pm RE-RPSE
305-0
(UG/G)
Information Management for Data Science Besler TTh 12:30-1:50pm PRS-DSM, RE-DSM
320-1-22
(UG/G)
Statistical Theory and Methods 1 Section 22*
*Registration priority for Data Science majors
Kuyper MW 9:30-10:50am PRS-DSM and DSM
320-2-20
(UG/G)
Statistical Theory and Methods 2 W. Jiang MWF 12:00-12:50pm PRS-Stat
320-2-21
(UG/G)
Statistical Theory and Methods 2 W. Jiang MWF 2:00-2:50pm PRS-Stat
328-0
(UG/G)
Causal Inference Tipton MW 2:00-3:20pm PRS-Stat
350-0
(UG/G)
Regression Analysis Kuyper TTh 11:00-12:20pm PRS-Stat
353-0
(UG/G)
Advanced Regression Tipton MW 9:30-10:50am PRS-Stat
359-0
(UG/G)
Topics in Statistics - Large Language Models Shi MW 3:30-4:50pm PRS-DSM,  
PRS-Stat
362-0 (UG) Advanced Machine Learning for Data Science Krishna TTh 2:00-3:20pm PRS-DSM and DSM
365-0
(UG/G)
Introduction to the Analysis of Financial Data Severini MW 12:30-1:50pm PRS-Stat
390-0 (UG) Data Science Project Krishna TTh 5:00-6:20pm PRS-DSM and DSM
420-2 Introduction to Statistical Theory & Methodology 2 Wang TTh 2:00-3:20pm RE
430-2 Probability for Statistical Inference 2 Racz TTh 9:30-10:50am
465-0 Statistical Methods for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Wang TTh 9:30-10:50am

 

Spring 2027

Courses, day/time, instructors are subject to change at any time, please check back regularly.

(UG) = for undergraduate students
(G) = for graduate students
(UG/G) = for both undergraduate and graduate students

Enrollment Info code descriptions:
RE = Restricted Enrollment, contact the department with questions
RE-DSM = Restricted Enrollment-restricted to declared Data Science majors
RE-DSM+ST = Restricted Enrollment-restricted to declared Data Science majors, Statistics majors/minors
RE-RPSE* = Restricted Enrollment-Restricted to pre-arranged scheduled enrollment group, course is FULL
RE-IP = Restricted Enrollment-Instructor permission required, contact instructor
PRS-Stat = Pre-Registration suggested for Stats majors/minors
PRS-DSM = Pre-Registration suggested for Data Science majors

*Registration for STAT 301-1,2,3 and STAT 303-1,2,3 is restricted to Data Science minors, Data Science majors, Statistics majors, Ad Hoc Masters Applied Statistics students. These students must take the courses in the quarter and year on their course plan set with the department for enrollment in the course. All seats in these courses for 2026-2027 are assigned.

*Registration for STAT 302 is restricted to Data Science minors, Data Science majors, Statistics majors, Ad Hoc Masters Applied Statistics, PhD in Statistics, and MS in Statistics students. These students must take the course in the quarter and year on their course plan set with the department for enrollment in the course. All seats in these courses for 2026-2027 are assigned.

Course Number Course Name Instuctor Day/Time Enrollment Info
201-0 (UG) Introduction to Programming for Data Science Behera MWF 3:00-3:50pm
202-0 (UG) Introduction to Statistics and Data Science Sass MWF 9:00-9:50am
210-0 (UG) Introduction to Probability and Statistics Sinitsyn MWF 1:00-1:50pm 
See CAESAR for discussion times
228-0/MATH 235 (UG) Series and Multiple Integrals RE-DSM+ST
301-3-20
(UG/G)
Data Science 3 with R Sass MW 12:30-1:50pm RE-RPSE
301-3-21
(UG/G)
Data Science 3 with R Ye MW 5:30-6:50pm RE-RPSE
302-0 Data Visualization Ye MW 3:30-4:50pm RE-RPSE
303-3-20
(UG/G)
Data Science 3 with Python Shi MW 12:30-1:50pm RE-RPSE
303-3-21
(UG/G)
Data Science 3 with Python Behera MW 5:30-6:50pm RE-RPSE
303-3-22
(UG/G)
Data Science 3 with Python Besler TTh 5:00-6:20pm RE-RPSE
304-0 (UG/G) Data Structures and Algorithms for Data Science Ding MW 2:00-3:20pm PRS-DSM, RE-DSM
320-2-22
(UG/G)
Statistical Theory and Methods 2 Section 22*
*Registration priority for Data Science majors
Ruan TTh 11:00-12:20pm PRS-DSM and DSM
320-2-23
(UG/G)
Statistical Theory and Methods 2 Section 23*
*Registration priority for Data Science majors
Samia TTh 9:30-10:50am PRS-DSM and DSM
320-3
(UG/G)
Statistical Theory and Methods 3 Samia TTh 12:30-1:50pm PRS-Stat
332-0/IBIS 432 (UG) Statistics for Life Sciences H. Jiang TTh 2:00-3:20pm RE-IP
352-0
(UG/G)
Nonparametric Statistical Methods Severini TTh 9:30-10:50am PRS-Stat
357-0
(UG/G)
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics Kuyper MW 9:30-10:50am PRS-Stat
359-0
(UG/G)
Topics in Statistics - Topic: Learning in Networks Racz MW 12:30-1:50pm
362-0 (UG) Advanced Machine Learning for Data Science Shi MW 9:30-10:50am PRS-DSM, RE-DSM
390-0-20 (UG) Data Science Project Liu M 5:00-7:50pm PRS-DSM, RE-DSM
390-0-21 (UG) Data Science Project Krishna TTh 5:00-6:20pm PRS-DSM, RE-DSM
398-0 (UG) Undergraduate Seminar - Topic: Statistical Analysis in Sports Severini MW 2:00-3:20pm PRS-Stat
415-0 (G) Introduction to Machine Learning Krishna TTh 2:00-3:20pm RE
420-3 (G) Introduction to Statistical Theory & Methodology 3 W. Jiang TTh 11:00-12:20pm RE
435-0/Comp_Sci 416 (G) Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning Liu T 5:00-7:50pm RE
457-0 (G) Applied Bayesian Inference W. Jiang TTh 2:00-3:20pm
461-0-20 (G) Advanced Topics- Agentic AI Ding M 4:00-6:50pm
461-0-20 (G) Advanced Topics- Introduction to Stochastic Optimization Ruan TTh 3:30-4:50pm