GE Requirements and Other Department Requirements
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Students are expected to finish the program in 7 quarters of full time study (about 2 years ). Forty-four (44) units of approved graded courses are required for the M.S. degree, of which at least 32 units must be graduate courses, while the remaining 12 units may be approved upper-division courses. With consent of the graduate vice-chair or the student's faculty academic adviser, students may take up to 20 units of the required 44 units in other departments provided that these courses are in professional or scientific fields closely related to research in statistics.
All courses must be passed with a course grade of B- or better and an overall GPA of 3.0 or better.
Students are strongly encouraged to take Statistics 200ABC. Masters' degree students who enter the program with minimal training should take Statistics 100ABC and not 110A-110B. Students should note that Statistics 100ABC, 110A-110B and 120A-120B may be taken only for the purpose of augmenting their background in Statistics and may not be applied toward course requirements of a graduate degree. If a course is a C course, only the graduate level course (C217A, C217B, C225, C226, C236, CM252, CM255, etc.) will count towards the degree.
Students may enroll in Statistics 296 numerous times and may apply up to eight units of 596 courses towards the 44 unit requirement for the M.S. degree (with letter-grade only). All Masters' degree students are required to take Statistics 290 each quarter they are enrolled in the program.
Upon termination of the course requirements, students are required to complete a master's thesis. They do not have the option to take the comprehensive exam to substitute the thesis.
Completion of the doctoral degree general takes five years. Students are required to pass 54 units of approved graduate class work with a grade of B- or better and maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 or better. At least 40 of these units must be in courses from this department. The remaining units may be from courses in related departments. Students are strongly encouraged to take Statistics 200ABC, 210ABC, and 217ABC. These courses contain core material for the qualifying examinations. Statistics C180/C236 will not count towards the the doctorate degree. Doctorate students are required to take Statistics 290 and 296 and/or 596, 598, or 599 in each quarter enrolled in the program.
In addition, students are required to take a comprehensive qualifying exam by the end of their first year, a preliminary oral qualifying exam, and a final oral exam along with filing for their dissertation.