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2017-2018 SDSM&T Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 SDSM&T Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Computational Statistics Minor


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Contact Information

Dr. Kyle Riley
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
McLaury 308
(605) 394-2471
E-mail: Kyle.Riley@sdsmt.edu

The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology offers a minor in computational statistics, which is a great way to prepare any graduate for a career that involves intensive use of data. A minor in computational statistics must be approved by the student’s major department along with the approval of the Department Head for Mathematics and Computer Science. Students majoring in Applied and Computational Mathematics are not eligible for the minor in computational statistics.

The Core Coursework Includes


The Elective Coursework Includes


The elective courses are devised into three categories and a student that seeks to earn the minor must complete the requirements of each category.

Computation


At least 3 credits in computation, which can be satisfied from the following list:

Informatics/Statistics


And at least 3 credits from the informatics/statistics category, which can be satisfied from the following list:

Data Analysis


And at least 2 credits from the data analysis category, which can be satisfied from the following list:

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