Statistics Major + Closely Related major/minor
The department has identified the following as closely related major/minor programs that require modification to the major/minor requirements for students to do both programs.
Mathematical Methods for the Social Sciences (MMSS) major + Statistics major
Integrated Science Program (ISP) major + Statistics major
Statistics major + Data Science major
Statistics major + Data Science minor
Weinberg Computer Science major/minor + Statistics major
Mathematical Methods for the Social Sciences (MMSS) major + Statistics major
Students will complete all requirements for MMSS major and requirements for Statistics major are as follows:
- Introductory programming course requirement: STAT 201-0 (or COMP_SCI 110-0)
- Introductory Statistics course requirement: STAT 202-0, 210-0, 232-0 or equivalent is waived
- MATH 226-0 is waived
- MATH 385-0 counts in place of STAT 320-1
- STAT 320-2
- STAT 320-3
- STAT 350-0 is replaced by a combination of MATH 386-1 and MATH 386-2
- STAT 348-0 or STAT 354-0
- 3 300-level Electives Approved for the Statistics Major
See: https://www.mmss.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/degree-requirements/joint-major-requirements.html
Integrated Science Program (ISP) major + Statistics major
Students will complete all requirements for ISP major and requirements for Statistics major are as follows:
- Introductory programming course requirement: STAT 201-0 (or COMP_SCI 110-0)
- Introductory Statistics course requirement: STAT 202-0, 210-0, 232-0 or equivalent is waived
- MATH 226-0 is waived
- STAT 383-0 counts in place of STAT 320-1
- STAT 320-2
- STAT 320-3
- STAT 350-0
- STAT 348-0 or STAT 354-0
- 3 300-level Electives Approved for the Statistics Major
Statistics Major + Data Science Major
Students will complete all requirements for Statistics major and requirements for Data Science major are modified as follows:
- Introductory Programming course requirement (STAT 201-0 or COMP_SCI 110-0) will be replaced with an additional 300-level STAT approved elective course. Statistics + Data Science majors will take 4 300-level STAT electives from this approved list.
- Introductory Statistics course requirement (STAT 202-0, 210-0, 232-0, or equivalent) is waived
- The 2 related Technical and Domain electives are automatically fulfilled by STAT 320-3 and STAT 350-0
STAT 320-1 and STAT 320-2 will be replaced with 2 elective courses approved by the Director of Data Science. The 2 elective courses designated as the STAT 320-1 and STAT 320-2 replacements may not be double counted with any other major/minor.
There can be no double counting between the three 300-level elective courses required for the Statistics major and the required Data Science major courses including the elective courses designated as the STAT 201-0, STAT 320-1 and STAT 320-2 replacements.
All other Data Science major requirements must be met.
Statistics Major + Data Science minor
Students will complete all requirements for Statistics major and requirements for Data Science minor are as follows:
- Introductory programming course requirement: STAT 201-0 (or COMP_SCI 110-0) is, in most cases, replaced by an introductory calculus course that is necessary for the Statistics major
- Introductory Statistics course requirement: STAT 202-0, 210-0, 232-0 or equivalent is, in most cases, replaced by an introductory calculus course that is necessary for the Statistics major
- STAT 301-1,2,3 or STAT 303-1,2,3
- STAT 302-0
- 1 approved elective – see Data Science Approved Electives
Note: STAT 301-1, 301-2, 301-3, 302-0, 303-1, 303-2, 303-3, and any 300 level electives being used for the Data Science minor cannot be used to fulfill credit requirements for the Statistics major.
Weinberg Computer Science major/minor + Statistics major
Students will complete all requirements for Computer Science major and requirements for Statistics major are modified as follows:
- Introductory Programming course requirement (STAT 201-1 or COMP_SCI 110-0 or an alternative introductory computer science course*) can be replaced with an elective course approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies
- For Computer Science major: Introductory Statistics course requirement: STAT 210-0 is allowed to double-count between the Computer Science major and Statistics major
* Since Weinberg Computer Science majors/minors may take an introductory computer science course other than COMP_SCI 110-0, the Director of Undergraduate Studies will approve the alternative course that satisfies the introductory programming course requirement as well as the replacement elective course.
Weinberg Computer Science majors/minors are responsible for learning Python at the level of STAT 201-0 or COMP_SCI 110-0 and the additional topics identified in this pdf prior to taking a STAT course for which STAT 201-0 is a prerequisite.
According to Weinberg policy the “related” courses for these two majors may be double counted
All other Statistics major requirements must be met.
If you have questions, please contact stats@northwestern.edu