Statistical Sciences Programs

Statistical Science is the science of learning from data. Statistical science plays a large role in data science, broadly encompassing computational and statistical aspects of managing and learning from large and complex datasets. Statistical theory and methodology have applications in almost all areas of science, social science, public health, medicine, engineering, finance, technology, business, government and industry. Statisticians and data scientists are involved in solving problems as diverse as understanding the health risk of climate change, predicting the path of forest fires, understanding the role of genetics in human health, and creating a better search engine. New ways of collecting, organizing, visualizing, and analyzing data are increasingly driving progress in all fields and have created demand for people with data expertise.

Whether you want to specialize in statistics, or you plan on majoring in a different field, our courses will teach you skills highly valued across a wide range of disciplines. Students enrolling in our Specialist Programs are encouraged to include courses in fields that apply statistics, such as computer science, sociology, psychology, geography, human biology, medicine, economics, and many more. Our Major Program can be profitably combined with specialization in another discipline.

The field of data science combines statistics and computer science methodologies to enable learning from data. Students in this program will benefit from a range of advanced courses in computer science and statistics and a sequence of three integrative courses designed especially for this program.