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Statistics

http://www.stat.illinois.edu
Head of Department: Douglas G. Simpson
Department Office: 101 Illini Hall, 725 South Wright St., Champaign, (217) 333-2167

Statistics and Computer Science

www.stat.illinois.edu or www.cs.illinois.edu

This major is sponsored jointly by the Departments of Statistics and Computer Science. It is designed to prepare students for professional or graduate work in statistics and computer science. See also Computer Science, Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science, and Statistics.

Major in Sciences and Letters Curriculum

E-mail: stat@illinois.edu or academic@cs.illinois.edu

Degree title: Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences

Minimum required major and supporting course work normally equates to 72-73 hours

General education: The LAS General Education requirements are set up so students automatically complete the Campus General Education requirements.

Minimum hours required for graduation: 120 hours

Departmental distinction: To graduate with distinction requires a specified minimum grade point average in all Computer Science, Statistics, and Mathematics courses listed below. A GPA of 3.25 is required for Distinction, 3.5 for High Distinction, and 3.75 for Highest Distinction.

Hours Requirements
11-12 Calculus through MATH 241-Calculus III
3 MATH 415-Linear Algebra
30 Required Computer Science Courses:
 
CS 125 - Intro to Computer Science
 
CS 173 - Discrete Structures
 
CS 225 - Data Structure & Softw Prin
 
CS 231 - Computer Architecture I
 
CS 232 - Computer Architecture II
 
CS 241-Systems Programming
 
CS 242-Programming Studio
 
CS 257-Numerical Methods
 
CS 273-Intro to Theory of Computation
10 Required Statistics courses:
 
STAT 400 - Statistics and Probability I
 
STAT 410 - Statistics and Probability II
 
STAT 428 - Statistical Computing
18 Other Specified Requirements. At least six other statistics, computer science, and mathematics courses, with at least one chosen from each of the following groups:
  Group I: Analysis and Differential Equations
 
MATH 347 - Fundamental Mathematics
 
MATH 441 - Differential Equations
 
MATH 444 - Elementary Real Analysis
 
MATH 447 - Real Variables
  Group II: Foundations
 
CS 473 - Algorithms
 
CS 475 - Formal Models of Computation
  Group III: Software
 
CS 421 - Programming Lang and Compilers
 
CS 423 - Operating Systems Design
  Group IV: Application software
 
CS 411 - Database Systems
 
CS 418 - Computer Graphics
 
CS 446 - Machine Learning & Pattern Rec
  Group V: Applied statistics
 
STAT 420 - Methods of Applied Statistics
 
STAT 424 - Analysis of Variance
 
STAT 425 - Applied Regression and Design
  Group VI:
 
STAT 2001 - Statistics or 300 or 400-level statistics course, with STAT 426 recommended

2. Taken during the first 60 hours of course work (to provide the student with an early introduction to statistical concepts). The latter option is designed for students who wish to take STAT 400 before the junior year.

Twelve hours of 300 and 400-level courses must be taken on this campus.

All foreign language requirements must be satisfied.