Program Requirements

Requirements

  • Coursework
    • 36 credits
      • 24 graded STA; 6 graded/ungraded STA; 6 STA or non-STA
        • First-year MSS Core is a set of 6 required 3-credit courses on models & methods, theory, computing and practice, plus a 1-credit pro-seminar. First-year students generally take additional courses from the recommended electives. A student having substantial prior courses in one or more of these may be permitted to substitute an alternative, more advanced course on approval of her/his advisor and the MSD. 
        • Second-year Core & Electives is a set of courses offering a diverse range of advanced and special topics including advanced courses specific to the STA MSS program.
    • Satisfactory progress on courses
      • Some courses, including required first-year courses, have formal prerequisite courses. A student whose grade on a prerequisite course is lower than C+ may be required to undertake additional assignments to enroll in the required course, following discussion with the course instructor and the MSD.
  • Applied Statistics Experience
  • Progress Toward Completion
    • Each MSS student must complete the Progress Report Form and submit it to the DGS assistant by April 22.
  • Completion Exercise
    • Either Portfolio or Master's Thesis

First Year Required Core

Fall Semester Spring Semester
STA 521 Predictive Modeling and Statistical Learning
STA 523 Programming for Statistical Science
STA 581 ProSeminar: Becoming a Professional Statistician*
STA 601 Bayesian and Modern Statistical Data Analysis
 

STA 531 Advanced Bayesian Inference and Stochastic Modeling
STA 532 Theory of Statistical Inference
STA 663 Statistical Computing and Computation
 

Elective Courses

Electives typically offered

STA 321 Statistics of Surveys
STA 561 Probabilistic Machine Learning
STA 571 Advanced Machine Learning
STA 582 DataFest*
STA 583 Internship Writing and Communication*
STA 613 Statistical Methods in Computational Biology
STA 621 Applied Stochastic Processes
STA 623 Statistical Decision Theory
STA 640 Causal Inference
STA 641 Statistical Learning and Bayesian Nonparametrics
STA 642 Time Series and Dynamic Models
STA 643 Modern Design of Experiments
STA 841 Categorical Data
STA 851 Statistical Consulting Workshop
STA 944 Spatial Statistics

* 1 credit

MSS Focus Area/ Tracks

The Master's in Statistical Science (MSS) program provides guidance for students interested in particular statistics focus areas/ tracks:

  • PhD/ Research
  • Data Science & Analytics
  • Finance & Economics
  • Marketing Research & Business Analytics
  • Health Data Science
  • Social Science & Policy