Applied Statistics Graduate Certificate

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Coordinator: Stephanie Santorico:
Telephone: 303-556-2547
E-mail: Stephanie.Santorico@ucdenver.edu
Web site: http://math.ucdenver.edu/statistics/grad_cert.shtml

Entrance Requirements

Students are expected to have a bachelor’s degree and be admitted to the graduate school as either a degree-seeking or nondegree-seeking student. Students are expected to have completed an introductory statistics course (such as MATH 2830 or the equivalent) or an introductory course in probability. At least one semester of calculus and a course containing linear algebra are also recommended.

To apply, see Graduate Applied Statistics Certificate

Curriculum

There are three parts to the requirements:

Required Courses

Basic methods (choose one):
MATH 4820 - Statistics Summer 2010 Registration: MATH 4820
-OR-
MATH 4830 - Applied Statistics Summer 2010 Registration: MATH 4830
-OR-
MATH 5320 - Statistics Summer 2010 Registration: MATH 5320
Advanced methods (choose two):
MATH 5387 - Regression Analysis, Modeling and Time Series Summer 2010 Registration: MATH 5387
-AND/OR-
MATH 5394 - Experimental Designs Summer 2010 Registration: MATH 5394
-AND/OR-
MATH 6360 - Exploratory Data Analysis Summer 2010 Registration: MATH 6360

Elective (choose one):

Any statistics course in the math department at the 5000 level or higher
ECON 5150 - Economic Forecasting Summer 2010 Registration: ECON 5150
ECON 5813 - Econometrics I Summer 2010 Registration: ECON 5813
ECON 5823 - Econometrics II Summer 2010 Registration: ECON 5823
ENVS 5600 - Applied Statistics for the Natural Sciences Summer 2010 Registration: ENVS 5600
GEOL 5770 - Applied Statistics for the Natural Sciences Summer 2010 Registration: GEOL 5770
PSYC 5713 - Advanced Statistics Summer 2010 Registration: PSY 5713
SOCY 5183 - Seminar: Quantitative Data Analysis Summer 2010 Registration: SOC 5183
Equivalent course pre-approved by the certificate coordinator

Project

An independent data analysis project with a report and presentation to demonstrate proficiency with data analysis techniques and a statistical computing software package. Enroll for one hour of MATH 5840 (Independent Study) or in an equivalent course preapproved by the certificate coordinator.

Certificate Total: 13 Hours

Grade Requirements

Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA in these courses with no credit given for courses with grades below B-.

Residency Requirements

Since a certificate is a University of Colorado Denver certification of a student’s specialized knowledge in an advanced subject area, all courses in the certificate program are expected to be taken in residency at the University of Colorado Denver.

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