Program Contact: Jill Shahverdian 203-582-3663

The minor in Applied Statistics and Data Science is available to a student in any major. The six required courses are designed to develop students into critical consumers of data, who can work with data and present data in a way that tells a story, enabling effective decision-making and problem solving. Critical thinkers who can analyze data to help solve organizational problems are already in high demand and future growth is predicted to be robust.

Students who complete this minor will have a toolkit they can use in their daily lives, which can be applied to any field of study or career path.

The minor in Applied Statistics and Data Science requires six courses. Students are required to maintain a GPA of 2.00 or better for all courses used to fulfill the ASDS minor.

DS 110Introduction to Data Science3
Foundational Mathematics3-4
MA 170
Probability and Data Analysis
or MA 141
 Calculus of a Single Variable
or MA 151
 Calculus I
Introductory Statistics3
EC 272
Advanced Applied Statistics
or MA 206
 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
or MA 275
 Biostatistics
or MA 285
 Applied Statistics
or PS 206
 Introduction to Statistics in Psychology
EC 365Econometrics3
Electives (take two courses from the following list)6
EC 366
Advanced Econometrics
DS 205
Data, Data Everywhere
DS 206
Data Analytics Scenarios
DS 230
Intermediate Special Topics
DS 300
Tools for Data Science
DS 310
Algorithms for Data Science
DS 399
Applied Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
CIS 255
Data Visualization
BAN 300
Statistical Programming With R
Total Credits18-19