Description
ACMS Program Core (58 credits)
Students in this Option must normally take all courses in the
Program Core, except that Math/Stat390
may be replaced by Stat 311 since the material in 390 is covered in more
depth elsewhere.
A student may petition to replaceMath/Stat 390 by other introductory
Statistics courses.
A student may also petition to replace some or all of
Physics 121, 122, 123
by an equal number of
credits of appropriate courses in an application area.
Option Core (22 credits)
Option Electives (10 credits)
Students must accumulate at
least 10 additional credits from
approved courses (at the 300 level or higher) in the
Departments of Applied Mathematics,
Computer Science and Engineering, Mathematics, and Statistics.
Courses in other departments may also be allowed by petition.
The following pre-approved courses are particularly recommended:
Double majors / Double degrees
Students who complete a double major or double degree with an approved
application area may petition to be exempted from the Option Electives.
Statistics is concerned with methods for the acquisition, management,
exploration, and use of information, in order to learn from experience
and to make decisions under uncertainty. Statistical methodology is
applied throughout the physical and social sciences, engineering, and
business. Indeed, it provides the basis for the evaluation and
exploration for much of our empirical knowledge of physical and social
phenomena. This Option is designed to introduce students to theory,
methodology, and applications of statistics. It is ideally suited as a
second major for students with a primary focus in the biological
sciences, earth sciences, social sciences, engineering, or management
science.