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COURSE CATALOGUE
STATISTICS
Statistics
1255 Amsterdam Ave.
851-2130
Room 1005
www.stat.columbia.edu
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
All majors should consult the departmental representative regularly in planning their study program. The requirements listed below are special to the Department and must be read in conjunction with the general requirements for the bachelor's degree.
A total of thirteen courses are required for the major, including:
Mathematics V1101, V1102 (Calculus I and II), and V 2010 (Linear Algebra), or their equivalents. (Students are advised to take at least one more semester of calculus.)
STAT W1211, W3105, W3107, W 4315, and W4201.
STAT W1001 or W1111, taken with a grade of A or A+ may be taken in lieu of STAT W 1211 with approval of the Departmental Representative. STAT W4105 may be taken in lieu of W3105, STAT W4107 may be taken in lieu of STAT W3107; and STAT W4109 (6 points) may be taken in lieu of W3105 and W3107, with approval of the Departmental Representative.
COMS W1003, W1004 (preferred), W1007, or W1009
Four additional courses approved by the adviser from statistics, mathematics, computer science, or operations research, at least two of which must be statistics courses numbered above 4200.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR
The minor in Statistics requires eight courses: STAT W1211; MATH V1101, V1102, and V2010; STAT W3105, W3107, and W4315; and a statistics numbered above 4200.
STAT W4105 may be taken in lieu of W3105; W4107 may be taken in lieu of W3107; and W4109 (6 points) may be taken in lieu of W3105 and W3107, with approval of the Departmental Representative.
See Mathematics Department for the Mathematics-Statistics Major.