Academic Overview
The department offers a major and
minor in Statistics for
undergraduate students. The department also offers the following
graduate degrees: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, and Ph.D. minor. In addition, the department
houses the interdisciplinary MS
in Financial Mathematics program.
The requirements for a degree in statistics are flexible, depending on
the needs and interests of the student. Some students may be
interested in the theory of statistics and/or probability, whereas
others may wish to apply statistical and probabilistic methods to a
substantive area. See also the department Vertical Integration of Research and
Education (VIGRE) program with focused activity in Computational
Biology, Mathematical Finance and Information Science.
In addition to courses for Statistics
majors, the department offers a number of service courses designed
for students in other departments. These tend to emphasize the
application of statistical techniques rather than their theoretical
development.
The department has long recognized the
relationship between statistical theory and applications. It has
fostered this by encouraging a liaison with other departments in the
form of joint and courtesy faculty appointments:
In addition, the department hosts colleagues and
speakers from a variety of institutions and disciplines during
a number of half-day, day-long, and multi-day workshops held
at different locations here on campus throughout the
year. Recent and upcoming workshops cover topics such as
quantitative finance, sequential methodologies, and
statistical genetics.
For more information about classes, please refer
to the Stanford
Bulletin.
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