BS IN MATHEMATICS, MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES OPTION WITH SPECIALIZATION IN
STATISTICS, PROBABILITY, AND DATA ANALYSIS
Who should consider this degree plan?
- Students who would like to apply mathematical tools
as well as thinking and problem solving to real-world situations, especially
those involving uncertainty.
- Students who plan to attend graduate or professional
school in areas where a strong quantitative background is desirable. These
include: biostatistics, environmental science, epidemiology, law, meteorology,
medicine, operations research, public health, public policy, quality assurance,
statistics, testing and measurement, toxicology
- Students seeking a double major in math and another
subject in which quantitative data analysis is used. Examples include: astronomy,
biology, business, chemistry, computer science, economics, many areas
of engineering, psychology, sociology.
Who should not choose this degree plan?
- Students who want to have things black and white.
- Students who want to be told exactly what to do.
- Students who don't like thinking.
- Students who are looking for an easy major.