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Behavioral Statistics

Behavioral Statistics Major

This degree is a joint effort between the Department of Statistics and the Department of Psychology . It is recommended that a student wishing to obtain a degree in Behavioral Statistics consult with an adviser in both departments. This major prepares students for careers involving collecting and analyzing data on human behavior, for example, in Medicare, insurance, market research, or health, educational and social services. Graduates of this program are expected to have good quantitative reasoning skills and to have strong people skills. Note: this curriculum also fulfills requirements for the major in Psychology.

Major Requirements

Major: Behavioral Statistics

Degree Type: B.A. or B.S.
Minimum Degree Credits to Graduate: 120

General Education Requirements for Baccalaureate Degree

  • A list of approved general education courses is available here .
  • General education courses may be used to satisfy requirements for both general education and the major, minor, and program emphases, where applicable. Students should carefully review the major, minor, and program emphases requirements for minimum grade restrictions, should they apply.
Communication (C)12
College Composition I
College Composition II
Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Upper Division Writing
Quantitative Reasoning (R) 3
Science and Technology (S) 10
Humanities and Fine Arts (A) 6
Social and Behavioral Sciences (B) 6
Wellness (W) 2
Cultural Diversity (D) *†
Global Perspectives (G) *†
Total Credits39
*

 May be satisfied by completing courses in another General Education category.

 May be satisfied with courses required in the major. Review major requirements to determine if a specific upper division writing course is required.

College Requirements

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree – An additional 12 credits Humanities and Social Sciences and proficiency at the second year level in a modern foreign language. *12
Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree – An additional 6 credits in Humanities or Social Sciences *6
*

 Humanities and Social Sciences may be fulfilled by any course having the following prefix: ADHM, ANTH, ARCH, ART, CJ, CLAS, COMM, ECON, ENGL, FREN, GEOG, GERM, HDFS, HIST, LA, LANG, MUSC, PHIL, POLS, PSYC, RELS, SOC, SPAN, THEA, WGS, or any course from the approved list of general education courses in humanities and social sciences (general education categories A and B). These credits must come from outside the department of the student’s major.

Major Requirements

Behavioral Statistics Requirements
PSYC 111Introduction to Psychology3
PSYC Elective200-400 Level Electives6
PSYC 350Research Methods I3
PSYC 351Research Methods II3
PSYC Elective400 Level Elective3
STAT 331Regression Analysis2
STAT 462Introduction to Experimental Design (Capstone)3
STAT 470Statistical SAS Programming3
or STAT 471 Introduction to the R Language
Select one of the following:2-3
History & Systems
Honors Thesis
Related Courses Required
ANTH 111Introduction to Anthropology (May satisfy general education category B and D)3
BIOL 126Human Biology (May satisfy general education category S)3
CSCI 114Microcomputer Packages (May satisfy general education category S)3 or 4
or CSCI 116 Business Use of Computers
MATH 103College Algebra (or higher level if needed as a prerequisite)3
SOC 110Introduction to Sociology (May satisfy general education category B)3
STAT 330Introductory Statistics (May satisfy general education category R)3
Select one course from 3 of the following 4 groups (A-D)
Group A - Social/Personality: 3
Organizational Psychology
Personality
Experimental Social Psychology
Group B - Perception/Cognition:3
Sensation & Perception
Memory And Knowledge
Attention & Thinking
Group C - Biological Bases of Behavior:3
Psychobiology
Health Psychology
Neuropsychology
Group D - Individual Differences:3
Experimental Developmental Psychology
The Psychology Of Aging
Advanced Psychopathology
Child Psychopathology and Therapy
Group E - Select two of the following:6
Applied Survey Sampling
Nonparametric Statistics
Introduction to Biostatistics
Time Series
Total Credits61-65

Program notes

  • Except for courses offered only as pass/fail grading, no course may be taken Pass/Fail.