This would be a 3 credit hour sequel to ST-251, Principles of Statistics. Pre-requisites are ST-251, 271, or 301. Format would be 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of recitation/lab per week.

Justification---This would be a general elective for any interested student and a required course for undergraduates minoring in statistics. Note that this would essentially replace ST- 401 for undergraduates and we will need Mathematics input on this. Initial enrollment would likely be no more than 30, but it could expand to 100. This course would be (initially) offered in the Spring Semester only, would replace the current spring semester offering of ST-401, and thus would not increase the Division’s teaching load.

The rationale for the change is primarily to maintain a "second" undergraduate statistics course, necessary once ST-401 is dropped. A secondary reason is to increase the number of undergraduates taking a minor in Statistics.

This would be a 3 credit hour course for graduate students with little or no statistics background, or those who have not taken statistics in several years. The only pre-requisite is MA-143 or its equivalent, and the format would be 3 hours of lecture per week.

Justification---This would likely become a required course for graduate students who would be required to take ST-515 but are ill prepared. The probable enrollment initially would be around 30 to 40, but would be likely to grow considerably. This course would be (initially) offered in the Fall Semester only and would replace the current Fall Semester offering of ST-401, and thus it would not increase the Division’s teaching load.

The rationale for the change is primarily to prepare graduate students for ST-515, thus allowing ST-515 to be a class with minimal review of basic statistics.

This would be a 3 credit hour course for graduate students having a solid understanding of basic statistical concepts and elementary methods. The pre-requisite is ST-251, 271, 301, or 511. The format would be 3 hours of lecture per week.

Justification---This would become a required course for many graduate students. It will essentially replace ST-401 for graduate students and will differ from the current ST-401 in that the amount of time spent reviewing basic concepts and elementary methods will be minimal, less coverage of design, and more coverage of modeling different types of response variables. The probable enrollment is likely to be around 100 students.

This course will (likely) increase the department teaching load. We will need additional resources. One solution may be to hire additional instructors to teach ST-150 to free a professor's time for teaching ST-515.