Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics - Applied Statistics

Mathematics and statistics are rapidly growing disciplines whose concepts and applications play an ever-increasing part in modern life. Statistics has long been an essential tool in the physical sciences and has more recently been applied extensively in such diverse areas as medical and biological research, environmental studies, management science, behavioral and social sciences, and economics. The basic curriculum is designed to give students the skills necessary for success in business, industry, government, and teaching. In addition, these degrees will provide a sound background for continuation of study toward advanced degrees in statistics, or a quantitative foundation for graduate school in disciplines such as business, economics, biology, or other fields.

The B.A. in applied statistics is intended for students pursuing a degree in another discipline such as economics, psychology, biology, or others. These students may be interested in taking more statistics classes to prepare themselves for jobs in industry or success in graduate school in another field. The B.A. allows upper-division units from another major to count as part of the “area of concentration,” and is focused on developing practical skills such as regression analysis and ANOVA, and on gaining proficiency with statistical software packages such as SAS and SPSS. Students are strongly encouraged to earn the B.A. as part of a double major in a complementary field.