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Statistics program meets national demand
Misericordia University
This fall, Misericordia ernment or graduate least nine credits of elec- Photo courtesy of Misericordia University SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION OF THE MORNING CALL
University Depart- school. Students will be tive courses in statistics are
ment of Mathematics required to take core required. A new statistics program includes contemporary techniques as well as theoretical background study.
and Computer Science classes and specially de-
introduced a bachelor of signed courses in math- Statisticians use stat- informed business and U.S. Bureau of Labor mand to grow 34 percent
science degree program ematics, computer science istical methods to collect by 2024.
and minor in statistics. The and statistics. and analyze data to help health care decisions. The Statistics projects job de-
new academic program is solve real-world problems.
being offered in response This science of learning They work in business and
to rapid advances in from data requires 53 cred- industry, computer science,
technology, the growing its of statistics classes in education, finance, market-
reliance on quantitative the mathematics-based ing, sports, government,
research, and the demand program. It consists of 38 health care, research and
for statisticians in the credits of required courses development, and fields
marketplace. and a minimum of 15 cred- that require the collection
its of elective courses in and analysis of data.
The program provides statistics.
training in contemporary The job outlook for
statistical techniques, as The curriculum for the statisticians is robust, ac-
well as theoretical back- 18-credit minor is designed cording to several jobs
ground. It can be tailored so students can tailor their reports, as they attribute
to a wide variety of careers minor sequence to their growth from the more
in business, industry, gov- areas of interest. Nine widespread use of stat-
credits of courses, plus at istical analysis in making
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