Statistics (BS)

Admission Requirements

• None

Degree Requirements

• Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog.
• Departmental Residency Requirement: at least 15 semester hours of regularly scheduled 3000-4000 level courses must be taken from the UCF Statistics and Data Science Department.
• Students must earn at least a “C” (2.0) in each course with a STA prefix.
• Students must achieve a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA in all computer science and mathematics courses satisfying major requirements.
• Students must achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all courses satisfying major requirements.
• Co-op or internship credit cannot be used in this major.
• Students should consult with a departmental advisor.
• All prerequisites of courses taught within the College of Sciences will be enforced.
• Courses designated in 1 (General Education Program) are generally spread over 4 years, and those designated in 2 (Common Program Prerequisites) are usually completed in the first 60 hours.
• All statistics courses except the following, and those protected by Florida Common Course Numbering must be taken from, or approved by the Statistics and Data Science Department at UCF.
  • STA 2023 - Statistical Methods I Credit Hours: 3
  • STA 3032 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers Credit Hours: 3

General Education Program (GEP) (39 Credit Hours)

• Certain courses must be selected in the GEP for this major bringing the total hours to more than 36.
• At least one course completed in each Foundation area must be a designated State General Education Core Course.

Communication Foundations (9 Credit Hours)

Cultural & Historical Foundations (9 Credit Hours)

Mathematical Foundations (7 Credit Hours)

• MAC 2311C - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I Credit Hours: 4 (Required)
• STA 2023 - Statistical Methods I Credit Hours: 3 (Required)

Social Foundations (6 Credit Hours)

Economics (3 Credit Hours)

• ECO 2013 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3 (Preferred)

Social Sciences (3 Credit Hours)

Select one:

• ANT 2000 - General Anthropology Credit Hours: 3 (Required)
• PSY 2012 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3 (Required)
• SYG 2000 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3 (Required)

Science Foundations (8 Credit Hours)

Life Science: (4 Credit Hours)

• BSC 2010C - Biology I Credit Hours: 4 (Required)

Physical Science: (4 Credit Hours)

Select one:

• CHM 2045C - Chemistry Fundamentals I Credit Hours: 4 (Required)
• PHY 2053C - College Physics I Credit Hours: 4 (Required)

Common Program Prerequisites (CPP) (11 Credit Hours)

• See “Acceptable Substitutes for Transfer Courses” for possible substitutes for the courses listed below.

• COP 3223C - Introduction to Programming with C Credit Hours: 3
• MAC 2311C - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I Credit Hours: 4 (GEP)
• MAC 2312 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry II Credit Hours: 4
• MAC 2313 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry III Credit Hours: 4
• STA 2023 - Statistical Methods I Credit Hours: 3 (GEP)

Complete two laboratory courses designed for science majors;

• The state of Florida requires Statistics majors to take two laboratory-based science courses designed for science majors. Students must complete 8 credits of the following courses, and depending on what was taken in the GEP, this requirement may already be satisfied.
• Note: both semesters do not have to be in the same subject area.
• Note: depending on which courses were taken in the GEP, this requirement could require between 0 and 8 credits to complete.

Select two semesters within the following;

• See Basic Core for details.
  • Biology majors’ courses with labs or
  • Chemistry majors’ courses with labs or
  • Physics majors’ courses with labs

Core Requirements: Basic Level

• All courses specifically identified in the preceding Common Program Prerequisites section of this catalog are also required in the Basic Core, and must be taken;

Core: Required, satisfies the CPP

• COP 3223C - Introduction to Programming with C Credit Hours: 3 (CPP)
• MAC 2311C - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I Credit Hours: 4 (GEP/CPP)
• MAC 2312 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry II Credit Hours: 4 (CPP)
• MAC 2313 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry III Credit Hours: 4 (CPP)
• STA 2023 - Statistical Methods I Credit Hours: 3 (CPP)

- and two semesters equivalent within the following:

These satisfy the requirement for two semesters equivalent of science courses with labs designed for majors.

• CHM 2045C - Chemistry Fundamentals I Credit Hours: 4 (GEP/CPP)

- or an alternate sequence,

These two semesters only count as one, and are considered as equivalent to the above course.

• CHM 2040 - Chemistry Fundamentals IA Credit Hours: 3 (GEP/CPP)
• CHM 2041 - Chemistry Fundamentals IB Credit Hours: 3 (GEP/CPP)

- or complete both

Lecture plus lab count as one semester.

• CHM 2046 - Chemistry Fundamentals II Credit Hours: 3 (CPP)
• CHM 2046L - Chemistry Fundamentals Laboratory Credit Hours: 1 (CPP)

- or

• BSC 2010C - Biology I Credit Hours: 4 (GEP/CPP)
• or
• BSC 2011C - Biology II Credit Hours: 4 (CPP)
• or
• PHY 2048C - General Physics Using Calculus I Credit Hours: 4 (GEP/CPP)
• or
• PHY 2049C - General Physics Using Calculus II Credit Hours: 4 (CPP)

Core Requirements: Advanced Level (40 Credit Hours)

• COT 4500 - Numerical Calculus Credit Hours: 3
• ENC 3241 - Writing for the Technical Professional Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4102 - Computer Processing of Statistical Data Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4163 - Statistical Methods II Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4164 - Statistical Methods III Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4321 - Statistical Theory I Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4322 - Statistical Theory II Credit Hours: 3

Select from the following courses; (4 Credit Hours)

• MAS 3105 - Matrix and Linear Algebra Credit Hours: 4
• MAS 3106 - Linear Algebra Credit Hours: 4

Select from the following courses; (3 Credit Hours)

• COT 3100C - Introduction to Discrete Structures Credit Hours: 3
• MHF 3302 - Logic and Proof in Mathematics Credit Hours: 3

Select from the following courses; (12 Credit Hours)

• STA 3096 - Statistical Graphics Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4173 - Biostatistical Methods Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4222 - Sample Survey Methods Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4502 - Nonparametric Statistical Methods Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4504 - Categorical Data Analysis Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4664 - Statistical Quality Control Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4852 - Applied Time Series Credit Hours: 3

Restricted Electives (9 Credit Hours)

• Select from upper division or graduate (5000 level), statistics, mathematics, or computer science courses.
• Selected courses in engineering or business may be used but must first be approved by the Department of Statistics and Data Science.

The following courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement:

• MAC 2233 - Concepts of Calculus Credit Hours: 3
• MAC 2253 - Applied Calculus Credit Hours: 3
• MHF 4404 - History of Mathematics Credit Hours: 3
• All MAE courses

Capstone Requirements

• None

Electives

Select primarily from upper level courses after meeting with a departmental advisor. Courses may be outside the department.

Foreign Language Requirements

Admissions

• Two years of one foreign language in high school, or one year of one foreign language in college (or equivalent proficiency exam) prior to graduation.

Graduation

• None

Additional Requirements

• None

Required Minors

• None

Departmental Exit Requirements

• Students must earn at least a “C” (2.0) in each course with a STA prefix.
• Students must achieve a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA in all computer science and mathematics courses satisfying major requirements.
• Students must achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all courses satisfying major requirements.

University Minimum Exit Requirements

• A 2.0 UCF GPA
• 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed
• 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
• 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
• A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
• Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.

Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 120

Additional Information

Honors In Major

• Application and admissions through The Burnett Honors College. More information about Honors in the Major can be found at honors.ucf.edu/research.

Related Programs

• Actuarial Science (B.S.)
• Mathematics (B.S.)
• Secondary Education, Mathematics Education Track (B.S.)

Certificates

• None

Related Minors

• Actuarial Science Minor
• Statistics Minor
• Mathematics Minor

Advising Notes

• It is the student’s responsibility to ensure they have satisfied course prerequisites before registering for a class.
• Contact your college advisor in the College of Sciences Advising Services (COSAS) office (CSB 250) for more information about overall progress toward your degree, GEP and other university requirements, academic probation, special problems as well as general academic advising.

Transfer Notes

• Lower division courses do not substitute for upper division courses.
• Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide all supporting information.
• Submit your requests for course evaluations at https://sciences.ucf.edu/cosas/ and click on “COS Course Evaluation”.

Acceptable Substitutes for Transfer Courses

The following substitutions are acceptable for Common Program Prerequisites if taken as part of the AA course work:

• Computer Science: any COP programming language course will satisfy the CPP. However, COP 3223C is a prerequisite for Computer Sciences courses and still may need to be taken.
• Biology: any 2 laboratory courses for majors with BSC, CHM, or PHY prefixes will satisfy the CPP.
• Statistics: although any STA 2XXX course will satisfy the CPP, STA 2023 is required in the program’s core and will still need to be taken.

Program Academic Learning Compacts

• Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs are located at: http://www.oeas.ucf.edu/alc/academic_learning_compacts.htm

Plan of Study

• This is one of numerous possible plans of study. See program description for all requirements.
• Consult a departmental advisor for alternate, new or more appropriate selections.
• Use your Pegasus Path planning tool in your myUCF portal to plan your courses through to graduation.
• Prior to enrolling in Chemistry, take Chemistry Placement Test ~ https://www.sdes.ucf.edu/placement-tests/
• Prior to enrolling in Math, take Math Placement Test ~ https://www.sdes.ucf.edu/placement-tests/
• Although all classes are listed as being taken during the academic year, you may be required to complete 9 hours of them during the Summer. Consult with an advisor to determine if you are exempt.

Freshman Year - Fall (13 Credit Hours)

• MAC 2311C - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I Credit Hours: 4
• STA 2023 - Statistical Methods I Credit Hours: 3
• ENC 1101 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
• GEP Credit Hours: 3

Freshman Year - Spring (14 Credit Hours)

• MAC 2312 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry II Credit Hours: 4
• BSC 2010C - Biology I Credit Hours: 4
• STA 4163 - Statistical Methods II Credit Hours: 3
• ENC 1102 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3

Freshman Year - Summer (7 Credits)

• MAC 2313 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry III Credit Hours: 4
• ECO 2013 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3

Sophomore Year - Fall (13 Credit Hours)

• COP 3223C - Introduction to Programming with C Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4321 - Statistical Theory I Credit Hours: 3
• GEP Credit Hours: 3

Select One:

• CHM 2045C - Chemistry Fundamentals I Credit Hours: 4
• PHY 2048C - General Physics Using Calculus I Credit Hours: 4
• PHY 2053C - College Physics I Credit Hours: 4

Sophomore Year - Spring (12 Credit Hours)

• STA 4164 - Statistical Methods III Credit Hours: 3
• STA 4322 - Statistical Theory II Credit Hours: 3
• COT 3100C - Introduction to Discrete Structures Credit Hours: 3
• or
• MHF 3302 - Logic and Proof in Mathematics Credit Hours: 3
• Advanced Core Course Credit Hours: 3

Sophomore Year - Summer (6 Credit Hours)

• GEP Credit Hours: 3
• Elective Credit Hours: 3

Junior Year - Fall (13 Credit Hours)

• STA 4102 - Computer Processing of Statistical Data Credit Hours: 3
• MAS 3105 - Matrix and Linear Algebra Credit Hours: 4
• or
• MAS 3106 - Linear Algebra Credit Hours: 4
• Advanced Core Course Credit Hours: 3
• Restricted Elective Credit Hours: 3

Junior Year - Spring (12 Credit Hours)

• COT 4500 - Numerical Calculus Credit Hours: 3
• Advanced Core Coure Credit Hours: 3
• Restricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
• Elective Credit Hours: 3

Senior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)

• ENC 3241 - Writing for the Technical Professional Credit Hours: 3
• Advanced Core Course Credit Hours: 3
• Restricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
• GEP Credit Hours: 3
• Elective Credit Hours: 3

Senior Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)

• GEP Credit Hours: 3
• Elective Credit Hours: 3
• Elective Credit Hours: 3
• Elective Credit Hours: 3
• Elective Credit Hours: 3