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Required Courses for MS in Statistics and Data Science

These requirements are for the MS in Statistics and Data Science program. If you are an Ad Hoc MS in Applied Statistics program student please see https://statistics.northwestern.edu/graduate/ad-hoc-ms-degree/index.html for the information pertaining to your program.

Required Statistics and Data Science Coursework:

The required Statistics and Data Science courses are:

Approved STAT elective courses for MS:

at least 2 elective courses must be 400 level

* MS students may take STAT 357 or, if they do well in STAT 420-1, they may take STAT 457 instead. Students may apply only one of STAT 357 and STAT 457 to the required coursework for the MS in Statistics and Data Science degree.