Choosing Your Intro-STAT Course Based on Your Major/Minor

STAT 200 and 20010

STAT 200 and 20010 do NOT count toward any major or minor. They do not meet the prerequisite for any Statistics course. If you plan to take any other Statistics course, do not take STAT 200 or 20010 and start from STAT 220 or above

STAT 220 and 234

STAT 220 is required by or counts toward many majors: Biological Science, Economics (Business Track), Neuroscience, Public Policy Studies, Psychology, etc (a partial list)
STAT 234 is required by some tracks of the Economics major
Many majors/minors have more than one way to fulfill their Statistics requirement. Some majors and minors offer their own Statistics courses that can replace STAT 220 or 234. Please read the corresponding college catalog and consult the Director of your major/minor for details.

STAT 11800-11900 = DATA 11800-11900 = CMSC 11800-11900

STAT 11800-11900 are required by both the Data Science Major and the Data Science Minor
STAT 11800-11900 combined count as ONE elective for the Statistics minor
STAT 11800-11900 do NOT count toward the Statistics major

To Get a Minor in Statistics…

if you have no AP Statistics credit, you should start from STAT 220 or 234
if you have an AP Statistics credit, you can take the required STAT 224 (or the required electives STAT 222 or 226) directly without taking STAT 220 or 234
See STAT minor info webpages: http://www.stat.uchicago.edu/~yibi/STATminor/ for all you need to know about the STAT minor
STAT 220 or 234 counts toward the Statistics minor with some restrictions
Math Prerequisite: Although STAT 220 only requires MATH 131 or 151, you need to take or have credit for MATH 132 or 152 or higher to finish the STAT minor since STAT minor requires STAT 224 which requires MATH 132 or 152 or higher

If You Want to Major in Statistics…

STAT 244-245 (or 24410-24510) is required by the Statistics major and the Computational Applied Math major
STAT majors can take STAT 244 after finishing Calculus (MATH 183 or 163) and Multivariate Calculus (MATH 184 or 203 or higher)
A few Statistics majors take STAT 220 or 234 before 244 even though STAT 220 or 234 doesn’t count toward the Statistics major.
- They do so because STAT 244-245 has a long prerequisite (3 quarter of Calculus + Multivariate Calculus + Linear Algebra). This way they can take the required STAT 224 and other electives (STAT 222/226/27410) early before finishing STAT 245 since these courses only require STAT 220, 234 or 245
Please read the college catalog for Statistics and consult Yibi Huang (yibih@uchicago.edu) if you want to major in Statistic.

If You Are Choosing Between the STAT Major and Minor…

Then start from STAT 220 or 234 (unless you have an AP Statistics credit) while taking math prerequisites for STAT 244…

With STAT 220 or 234, you can take STAT 224 and other electives (STAT 222/226/27410) that count toward both the STAT major and minor
Many courses required by the Statistics major (Multivariate Calculus, Linear Algebra, STAT 244, 251) do not count toward the STAT minor
Consult Yibi Huang (yibih@uchicago.edu)

DISCLAIMER: These guidelines do not supersede or replace the University’s official publications on course prerequisites, course descriptions, or other relevant information in the College Catalog of the Statistics Major & Minor Programs and of the Data Science Major and Minor Programs, and at my.UChicago.

This webpage is maintained by Yibi Huang
Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs in Statistics
Email: yibih@uchicago.edu

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