Graduate Programs: STATISTICS

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Chair of the Department: Walter Philipp

Correspondence and Information: Department of Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 101 Illini Hall , 725 South Wright Street, Champaign, IL 61820; (217) 333-2167

GRADUATE FACULTY

Professors: D. Burkholder, L. J. Hubert, P. B. Imrey, K. Joag-Dev, R. Koenker, J. I. Marden, A. T. Martinsek, W. Philipp, S. L. Portnoy, W. F. Stout, S. Wasserman

Associate Professors: D. Monrad, E. Portnoy, D. G. Simpson, Z. Ying

Assistant Professors: X. He, W. Wu

Emeritus Professors: F.B. Knight, R.A. Wijsman

ADMISSIONS

The Graduate College admission requirements apply. Students are expected to have a strong undergraduate mathematics background, but need not have an undergraduate statistics or mathematics degree. Students may be admitted with deficiencies which are to be removed during the first year of graduate work.

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

The Department of Statistics offers graduate study leading to the master of science or master of arts, the master of science in applied statistics with specialization, and the doctor of philosophy in statistics.

MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM

The M.S. and M.A. degrees in statistics require 8 units of graduate course work covering both theoretical and applied material. Statistics 324, 325, 326, 327, 410, and 411 are required. At least one additional course at the 400 level is also required. There is no language or thesis requirement, and there are no comprehensive examinations.

APPLIED MASTER'S DEGREE WITH SPECIALIZATION

The Department of Statistics offers the master of science in statistics with specialization in a variety of areas of application. The degree program consists of a core of three courses in basic statistical theory from the Department of Statistics, a course in general data analysis, and further course work in a particular discipline as required separately for each specialization. The program offers an additional degree for students earning an advanced degree in the area of application or provides the primary degree for a master's candidate in applied statistics who is interested in a specific disciplinary application.

To be eligible for this program, students must be accepted into either the unit offering the specialization or the Department of Statistics. The following areas of application are now available: social statistics (Department of Sociology); psychometrics and behavioral statistics (Departments of Psychology, Educational Psychology, and Speech and Hearing Science); biostatistics (Department of Biology and the Medical Scholars Program); statistical genetics (Departments of Agronomy and Animal Science).

Full statements of degree requirements are available from the head of the unit offering a specialization or from the head of the Department of Statistics.

DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAM

A total of 24 units after the baccalaureate is required for the doctor of philosophy degree. These include Statistics 324, 325, 326, 327, 356, 410, 411, 425, 453, 454, 471, 475, and 478. This degree also requires successful completion of the qualifying examination (consisting of examinations on Statistics 324-325, 410-411, and 453-454); a thesis in an area of theoretical, computational, or methodological statistical research; and a final examination on the thesis.

FINANCIAL AID

Financial aid is available primarily in the form of teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and fellowships. For further information write to the head of the department.

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