Ph.D.

Degree Requirements

Ph.D. studentsmust complete seventy-five semester hours. Requirements include a statistics core of twenty-seven semester hours, consulting-teaching practicum of six semester hours, elective courses of thirty-three semester hours, and nine semester hours of dissertation. Other requirements are computer proficiency, and a preliminary examination. A foreign language is not required.

Statistics Core (27 hours)

• STA 5380 Statistical Methods for Research
• STA 5381 Regression Analysis
• STA 5382 Theory of Linear Models
• STA 5383 Multivariate Statistical Analysis
• STA 5365 Topics in Biostatistics
• STA 5353 Theory of Statistics III
• STA 6351 Advanced Statistical Inference I
• STA 6352 Advanced Statistical Inference II
• STA 6384 Categorical Data Analysis



• Practicum STA 5V85 (6 hours)


• Dissertation (9 hours)

Elective Courses (33 hours.)