Courses of Study 2020-2021 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Courses of Study 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Applied Statistics


Master of Professional Studies Degree Requirements


Required courses for a student’s chosen option are listed below.

  1. Both options require a total of at least 30 credit hours in required courses and electives. The 30 required credit hours must be earned while an MPS student is enrolled in the MPS program; no transfer of credits from undergraduate study or another graduate program, etc. is allowed.
  2. All required course must be taken for a letter grade, except STSCI 5953  which is S/U only.
  3. At most one elective course to be used toward the MPS degree can be taken S/U each semester.
  4. Option I students can take STSCI 5060 , STSCI 4060 , and STSCI 5065  as electives and so may take these courses S/U. For option II students, these courses are required and must be taken for a letter grade.
  5. A grade of C- or better (or S for S/U courses) is required of all courses used to meet MPS requirements.
  6. A GPA of 2.5 or higher in courses used toward the MPS degree is required for graduation.
  7. Electives must be taken from the list below of approved electives.
  8. Students can ask the Director of the MPS Program to add courses to the list of electives. With few exceptions, to be approved by the Director, a course must be a technical course numbered 4000 level or higher and have substantial statistics content.
  9. Two courses covering similar material and at the same level cannot both be used toward the 30 credit hours for the MPS degree.

Core Required Courses


Additional Required Courses for Option II


Statistical Science Electives


Option I students must take at least 12 credit hours and Option II students at least 4 credits of Statistical Science electives from this list. Option II students cannot use STSCI 4060, 5060, or 5065 as a statistical science elective since these courses are required as core option II courses.

Other Approved MPS Electives