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Course Requirements

Language Requirements

English Language 2 courses 6 credits

Second Language 2 courses 6 credits

Quantitative Skills Requirements

Quantitative Skills One course 3 credits

Foundation Requirement

Students must meet the following foundation requirements as a condition for applying to the major. Meeting these prerequisites is NOT a guarantee of admission to the major.

Course Code

Title

Hours/Week

ECO1014

History of Economic Thought

3

STA1111

Introductory Statistics

3

MES1125

Ancient Middle Eastern Civilization

3

MES2233

Arabic Literary Heritage

3

HSS1110

Science & Literature

3

PSY1153

Thinking and Decisions

3

ANT1105

Human Adaptation

3

PHI1005

Formal Logic I

3

  • There is a common first semester for full-time students
  • Students are required to have completed or be currently studying the foundation units before enrolling in second year courses.
  • The student must have first semester sophomore standing.
  • The student's cumulative GPA will be taken into account at the time of application. A cumulative GPA of less than 2.0 is considered beneath the standard for admission to major.
  • Fourteen courses make up the minimum requirement for the major.

MODE OF STUDY

The Statistics Major is available by full-time or part-time study.

Course Code

Title

 Hours/Week

STA1112

Introductory Statistics

3

STA2202

Intermediate Statistics

3

STA2209

Decision Making under Uncertainty

3

STA4430

Probability

3

STA4431

Mathematical Statistics

3

STA5531

Probability.

3

STA5540

Statistical Methods and Computation

3

CSE1115

Introduction to Computer Programming.

3

CSE2220

Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures

3

CSE 2240

Introduction to Computer Architecture

3

STA9900

Advanced Probability

3

STA9901

Stochastic Processes II

3

STA9910

Forecasting and Time Series Analysis

3

STA9915

Nonparametric Inference

3

Free Electives

  • Students of Lebanese Nationality

    5courses 15 credits

  • Students of Foreign Nationality

    13 courses 39 credits

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Updated Jan 26, 2007