Declaring a Stat & DS Major or Minor
All incoming students in Dietrich College start undeclared. Your Academic Advisory Center (AAC) Advisor is the first step in declaring your primary major. If you are interested in Statistics, your AAC Advisor can help you think about your interests and values and help you decide which of our five statistics majors best fits those interests. Your AAC Advisor will also help you select courses that enable you to explore and identify which Statistics major is best for you.
The earliest a major can be declared is during the second semester of Year 1. Primary majors should be declared no later than mid-semester of the last semester of Year 2.
When you decide on a major, you will meet with your AAC Advisor who will work through a Declaration of Major form with you and explain the next steps in the process.
Please refer to the Undergraduate Catalog for the specific degree requirements for your year of entry. Catalogs for previous entry years are available.
Declaring an Additional Major in Stat & DS
All of our five majors can also be taken as an additional major. An additional major allows you to pursue an additional area of study, while maintaining your primary major. Students who complete an additional major will earn a single degree in two areas.
We do recommend that if a student is interested in an additional major in Stat & DS that they take the following coursework prior to declaring. This will give students a better understanding of what to expect in the major.
- 36-200: Reasoning with Data or 36-202: Methods for Statistics & Data Science
- 21-256: Multivariate Analysis or 21-240/241: Matrix Algebra with Applications/Matrices and Linear Transformations
- (For StatML) 21-127: Concepts of Mathematics
- 15-110: Principles of Computing or 15-112: Fundamentals of Programming and CS
To declare an additional major in Stat & DS, follow the steps below:
- Meet with the Stat & DS Advisor who advises the particular additional major you are interested in to discuss the major requirements and fit with your interests/academic goals. Learn who advises which major.
- In order to officially declare your additional major, you must set up a meeting with the appropriate advisor (declarations cannot happen via email). Depending on your specific situation, that could happen at the first meeting, or might require additional meetings to discuss and declare.
Note: Additional major declaration meetings cannot be scheduled during registration week or the week prior.
Please refer to the Undergraduate Catalog for the specific additional major requirements for your year of entry. Catalogs for previous entry years are available.
Declaring a Minor in Statistics
In order to declare the minor, students need to fill out this form to apply.
If you are interested in learning more about the minor prior to declaring, please schedule a meeting with the Statistics minor advisor, Sylvie Aubin. We encourage you to meet with the advisor prior to declaring to discuss course planning, double counting, and policies.
Before you declare a minor in Statistics, we recommend taking the following courses:
- 36-200: Reasoning with Data
- 36-202: Methods for Statistics & Data Science
- 21-120: Differential and Integral Calculus
- 21-256: Multivariate Analysis
- 36-235: Probability and Statistical Inference I
Please refer to the Undergraduate Catalog for the specific minor requirements for your year of entry. Catalogs for previous entry years are available.