Program: Data Analysis Minor - George Mason University

Minor Requirements

The minor requires 15 credits: a core sequence of 6 credits, plus 9 credits of electives. Grades of C or better are required in all courses. At least 9 of the 15 credits must be in STAT courses. At least 8 credits must be in courses not required by the student’s major.

Core Sequence Credits: 6

To satisfy the core requirement, students must complete one of these sequences.

STAT 250 - Introductory Statistics I Credits: 3
STAT 350 - Introductory Statistics II Credits: 3 or STAT 435 - Analysis of Experimental Data Credits: 3
OR
STAT 344 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists I Credits: 3
STAT 354 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists II Credits: 3
OR Provided the 9 elective credits are all STAT courses, mathematics majors may substitute:
MATH 351 - Probability Credits: 3
MATH 352 - Statistics Credits: 3

Elective Credits: 9

The 9 elective credits must be chosen from a list of courses approved by the department’s undergraduate coordinator. Courses currently approved for the minor are the following:

STAT 362 - Introduction to Computer Statistical Packages Credits: 3
STAT 455 - Experimental Design Credits: 3
STAT 456 - Applied Regression Analysis Credits: 3
STAT 463 - Introduction to Exploratory Data Analysis Credits: 3
STAT 465 - Nonparametric Statistics and Categorical Data Analysis Credits: 3
STAT 474 - Introduction to Survey Sampling Credits: 3
STAT 499 - Special Topics in Statistics Credits: 3
BENG 322 - Health Data Challenges Credits: 3
BINF 401 - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology I Credits: 3
BIOL 214 - Biostatistics for Biology Majors Credits: 4
BIOL 312 - Biostatistics Credits: 4
BIOL 314 - Introduction to Research Design and Analysis Credits: 4
CDS 302 - Scientific Data and Databases Credits: 3
CEIE 410 - Geographic Information Systems in Engineering Credits: 3
CS 445 - Computational Methods for Genomics Credits: 3
CS 450 - Database Concepts Credits: 3
CS 484 - Data Mining Credits: 3
CYSE 325 - Discrete Events Systems Modeling Credits: 3
ECON 345 - Introduction to Econometrics Credits: 3
ECON 445 - Design and Analysis of Experiments Credits: 3
GOVT 300 - Research Methods and Analysis Credits: 4
GGS 300 - Quantitative Methods for Geographical Analysis Credits: 3
GGS 354 - Data Analysis and Global Change Detection Techniques Credits: 3
OR 335 - Discrete Systems Modeling and Simulation Credits: 3 (or crosslisted course
SYST 335 - Discrete Systems Modeling and Simulation
Credits: 3)
OR 441 - Deterministic Operations Research Credits: 3
OR 442 - Stochastic Operations Research Credits: 3
PSYC 300 - Statistics in Psychology Credits: 4
SOCI 313 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Credits: 4
SOCI 405 - Analysis of Social Data Credits: 4
SYST 469 - Human Computer Interaction Credits: 3
SYST 473 - Decision and Risk Analysis Credits: 3

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Data Analysis Minor

Minor Requirements

Core Sequence Credits: 6

Elective Credits: 9

Total: 15 credits