MSS Electives

Electives Offered by Other Departments

Most graduate courses offered by the Statistical Science department (with the exception of STA 611) count as electives towards the MSS degree. Additionally, the MSS degree allows up to 9 graded credits taken from courses in other departments. Any non-STA course must be approved by the MSS Director unless it appears on the list below. 

For courses not on the list below, please seek approval using this form. 

BIOSTAT702APPLIED BIOSTAT METHODS I
BIOSTAT706INTRO TO PRACTICE / BIOSTAT II
BIOSTAT707STATISTICAL METHODS FOR L & D
BIOSTAT708CLIN TRIAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
BIOSTAT710STATISTICAL GENETICS/EPIDEMIOL
BIOSTAT713SURVIVAL ANALYSIS
BIOSTAT718ANALYSIS/CORR & LONGITUD DATA
BIOSTAT719GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS
BIOSTAT722INTRO TO STATS PROGRAMMING II
BIOSTAT821SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR DATA SCI
BIOSTAT823STATS PROG BIG DATA
BIOSTAT824CASE STUDIES BIOMED DATA SCI
BIOSTAT825FOUND OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
BIOSTAT915HIGH-DIMENSIONAL STATISTICS
COMPSCI512DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
COMPSCI516DATABASE SYSTEMS
COMPSCI520NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
COMPSCI527COMPUTER VISION
COMPSCI531DINTRODUCTION TO ALGORITHMS
COMPSCI570ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
COMPSCI571DPROBABILISTIC MACHINE LEARNING
COMPSCI572NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
COMPSCI638GRAPH ALGORITHMS
COMPSCI671DTHEORY & ALG MACHINE LEARNING
COMPSCI675DINTRO TO DEEP LEARNING
COMPSCI676ADV TOPICS IN DEEP LEARNING
ECON506MACROECONOMIC POLICY
ECON572ASSET PRICING & RISK MGMT
ECON601DMICROECONOMICS
ECON612TIME SERIES ECONOMETRICS
ECON620GAME THEORY W/ APPL. OF ECON
ECON673MATHEMATICAL FINANCE
ECON674FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
ECON677FIXED INCOME MARKETS/QUANTITAT
ECON678DERIVS FOR SPEC & RISK MGMT
ECON703DECONOMETRICS I
ECE551DPROG, DATA STRUC & ALGO IN C++
ECE558ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKS
ECE565PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZ & PARALLEL
ECE580INTRO TO MACHINE LEARNING
ECE586VECTOR SPACE METHODS APPL
ECE651SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
ECE653HUMAN-CENTERED COMPUTING
ECE661COMP ENG ML & DEEP NEURAL NETS
ECE684NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
ECE685DINTRO TO DEEP LEARNING
ECE689ADV TOPICS IN DEEP LEARNING
FINTECH522ASSET PRICING AND RISK MGMT
FINTECH536ROBO-ADVISING
FINTECH540MACHINE LEARNING FOR FINTECH
FINTECH545QUANTITATIVE RISK MGMT
IDS705PRINCIPLES OF MACHINE LEARNING
IDS706DATA ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
IDS721DATA ANALYSIS SCALE IN CLOUD
IDS789FUND FINANCE BUSINESS MODELS
MATH531REAL ANALYSIS I
MATH532REAL ANALYSIS II
MATH545STOCHASTIC CALCULUS
MATH560ALGORITHMS
MATH561NUMERICAL LINEAR ALGEBRA
MATH581MATHEMATICAL FINANCE
MATH582FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
MATH585INTRO TO ALGORITHMIC TRADING
MATH641PROBABILITY
MATH703ADVANCED LINEAR ALGEBRA
MATH713TOPOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS
MATH731INTRODUCTION TO REAL ANALYSIS
MATH765INTRO HIGH DIM DATA ANALYSIS
MATH789FUND FINANCE BUSINESS MODELS

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