Statistics Minor
¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Requirements
Students may be admitted to the Statistics minor program by application to the Department of Statistics after admission to ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV. See .
Courses for Further Credit
Once a STAT course has been completed with a grade of C- or higher, STAT courses that are prerequisites to this course may not be taken for further credit without permission of the department.
Prerequisite Grade Requirement
Students must have a grade of C- or better in prerequisites for STAT courses.
Graduation Grade Point Averages
See required GPA for graduation from the Statistics minor program.
Program Requirements
Lower Division Requirements
Students complete one of
Designed for students specializing in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computing science and engineering. Topics as for Math 151 with a more extensive review of functions, their properties and their graphs. Recommended for students with no previous knowledge of Calculus. In addition to regularly scheduled lectures, students enrolled in this course are encouraged to come for assistance to the Calculus Workshop (Burnaby), or Math Open Lab (Surrey). Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus 12 (or equivalent) with a grade of at least B+, or MATH 100 with a grade of at least B-, or achieving a satisfactory grade on the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Calculus Readiness Test. Students with credit for either MATH 151, 154 or 157 may not take MATH 150 for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Distance Education | |||
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, Wed, Fri, 1:30–2:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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OP01 | TBD |
Designed for students specializing in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computing science and engineering. Logarithmic and exponential functions, trigonometric functions, inverse functions. Limits, continuity, and derivatives. Techniques of differentiation, including logarithmic and implicit differentiation. The Mean Value Theorem. Applications of differentiation including extrema, curve sketching, Newton's method. Introduction to modeling with differential equations. Polar coordinates, parametric curves. Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus 12 (or equivalent) with a grade of at least A, or MATH 100 with a grade of at least B, or achieving a satisfactory grade on the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Calculus Readiness Test. Students with credit for either MATH 150, 154 or 157 may not take MATH 151 for further credit. Quantitative.
Designed for students specializing in the biological and medical sciences. Topics include: limits, growth rate and the derivative; elementary functions, optimization and approximation methods, and their applications; mathematical models of biological processes. Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus 12 (or equivalent) with a grade of at least B, or MATH 100 with a grade of at least C, or achieving a satisfactory grade on the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Calculus Readiness Test. Students with credit for either MATH 150, 151 or 157 may not take MATH 154 for further credit. Quantitative.
Designed for students specializing in business or the social sciences. Topics include: limits, growth rate and the derivative; logarithmic, exponential and trigonometric functions and their application to business, economics, optimization and approximation methods; introduction to functions of several variables with emphasis on partial derivatives and extrema. Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus 12 (or equivalent) with a grade of at least B, or MATH 100 with a grade of at least C, or achieving a satisfactory grade on the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Calculus Readiness Test. Students with credit for either MATH 150, 151 or 154 may not take MATH 157 for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Randall Pyke |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, Wed, Fri, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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OP01 | TBD |
and one of
Riemann sum, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, definite, indefinite and improper integrals, approximate integration, integration techniques, applications of integration. First-order separable differential equations and growth models. Sequences and series, series tests, power series, convergence and applications of power series. Prerequisite: MATH 150 or 151; or MATH 154 or 157 with a grade of at least B. Students with credit for MATH 155 or 158 may not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.
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Vijay Singh |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
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Burnaby |
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OP01 | TBD |
Designed for students specializing in the biological and medical sciences. Topics include: the integral, partial derivatives, differential equations, linear systems, and their applications; mathematical models of biological processes. Prerequisite: MATH 150, 151 or 154; or MATH 157 with a grade of at least B. Students with credit for MATH 152 or 158 may not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
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Burnaby |
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OPO1 | TBD |
Designed for students specializing in business or the social sciences. Topics include: theory of integration, integration techniques, applications of integration; functions of several variables with emphasis on double and triple integrals and their applications; introduction to differential equations with emphasis on some special first-order equations and their applications; sequences and series. Prerequisite: MATH 150 or 151 or 154 or 157. Students with credit for MATH 152 or 155 may not take MATH 158 for further credit. Quantitative.
Linear equations, matrices, determinants. Introduction to vector spaces and linear transformations and bases. Complex numbers. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors; diagonalization. Inner products and orthogonality; least squares problems. An emphasis on applications involving matrix and vector calculations. Prerequisite: MATH 150 or 151; or MACM 101; or MATH 154 or 157, both with a grade of at least B. Students with credit for MATH 240 make not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Randall Pyke |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, Wed, Fri, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
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Surrey |
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OP01 | TBD |
Linear equations, matrices, determinants. Real and abstract vector spaces, subspaces and linear transformations; basis and change of basis. Complex numbers. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors; diagonalization. Inner products and orthogonality; least squares problems. Applications. Subject is presented with an abstract emphasis and includes proofs of the basic theorems. Prerequisite: MATH 150 or 151; or MACM 101; or MATH 154 or 157, both with a grade of at least B. Students with credit for MATH 232 cannot take this course for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Ralf Wittenberg |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, Fri, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Wed, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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OPO1 | TBD |
and one of
An introduction to business statistics with a heavy emphasis on applications and the use of EXCEL. Students will be required to use statistical applications to solve business problems. Prerequisite: MATH 150, MATH 151, MATH 154, or MATH 157; 15 units. MATH 150, MATH 151, MATH 154, or MATH 157 may be taken concurrently with BUEC 232. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, Thu, 5:30–7:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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OP01 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, 4:30–7:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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OP02 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Wed, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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OP03 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Thu, 5:30–8:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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OP04 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Thu, 7:30–10:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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OP05 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, 8:30–10:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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OP06 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Wed, 7:30–10:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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OP07 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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OP08 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Wed, 3:30–6:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
Research methodology and associated statistical analysis techniques for students with training in the life sciences. Intended to be particularly accessible to students who are not specializing in Statistics. Prerequisite: Recommended: 30 units. Students cannot obtain credit for STAT 201 if they already have credit for - or are taking concurrently - STAT 101, 203, 205, 285, or any upper division STAT course. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Distance Education | |||
Rachel Altman |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Wed, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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OP01 | TBD |
Descriptive and inferential statistics aimed at students in the social sciences. Scales of measurement. Descriptive statistics. Measures of association. Hypothesis tests and confidence intervals. Students in Sociology and Anthropology are expected to take SA 255 before this course. Intended to be particularly accessible to students who are not specializing in Statistics. Prerequisite: Recommended: 30 units including a research methods course such as SA 255, CRIM 220, POL 200, or equivalent. Students cannot obtain credit for STAT 203 if they already have credit for - or are taking concurrently - STAT 101, 201, 205, 285, or any upper division STAT course. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Distance Education | |||
Gamage Perera |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Thu, 4:30–6:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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OP01 | TBD |
The collection, description, analysis and summary of data, including the concepts of frequency distribution, parameter estimation and hypothesis testing. Intended to be particularly accessible to students who are not specializing in Statistics. Prerequisite: Recommended: 30 units. Students cannot obtain credit for STAT 205 if they already have credit for - or are taking concurrently - STAT 101, 201, 203, 285, or any upper division STAT course. Quantitative.
Basic laws of probability, sample distributions. Introduction to statistical inference and applications. Prerequisite: or Corequisite: MATH 152 or 155 or 158. Students wishing an intuitive appreciation of a broad range of statistical strategies may wish to take STAT 100 first. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Distance Education | |||
Tim Swartz |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Wed, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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OP01 | TBD |
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete a total of 15 units, including exactly one of
The standard techniques of multiple regression analysis, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance, and their role in observational and experimental studies. This course may not be used to satisfy the upper division requirements of the Statistics major or honours program. Prerequisite: Any STAT course (except STAT 100) or BUEC 232. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Distance Education | |||
Michael Davis |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Thu, 2:30–3:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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OP01 | TBD |
Intermediate statistical techniques for the health sciences. Review of introductory concepts in statistics and probability including hypothesis testing, estimation and confidence intervals for means and proportions. Contingency tables and the analysis of multiple 2x2 tables. Correlation and regression. Multiple regression and model selection. Logistic regression and odds ratios. Basic concepts in survival analysis. This course may not be used to satisfy the upper division requirements of the Statistics major or honours program. Prerequisite: Any STAT course (except STAT 100) or BUEC 232. Quantitative.
Theory and application of linear regression. Normal distribution theory. Hypothesis tests and confidence intervals. Model selection. Model diagnostics. Introduction to weighted least squares and generalized linear models. Prerequisite: STAT 285, MATH 251, and one of MATH 232 or MATH 240. Quantitative.
An introduction to the use and interpretation of statistical analysis in the context of data typical of economic applications. Students with a minimum grade of A- in BUEC 232 or STAT 270 can take BUEC 333 after 30 units. Students seeking permission to enrol based on their BUEC 232 or STAT 270 grade must contact the Undergraduate Advisor in Economics. Prerequisite: ECON 103 or 200; ECON 105 or 205; BUEC 232 or STAT 270; MATH 157; 60 units. Students with credit for ECON/COMM 236 may not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Vasyl Golovetskyy |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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D101 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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D102 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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D103 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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D104 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
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Burnaby |
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D105 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
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Burnaby |
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D106 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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D107 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Wed, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
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Burnaby |
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D108 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
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Burnaby |
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D109 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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D110 |
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
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Burnaby |
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OP01 | TBD |
A minimum of 11 of the 15 upper division units must be completed using STAT courses. The remaining 4 units may be substituted with upper division non-STAT units that focus on statistical inference, study design, or quantitative reasoning, such as BUS 336. The eligibility of other non-STAT courses will be at the discretion of departmental advisors. Recommended STAT courses are listed below.
Introduces the R statistical package. Data management; reading, editing and storing statistical data; data exploration and representation; summarizing data with tables, graphs and other statistical tools; and data simulation. Prerequisite: STAT 285 or STAT 302 or STAT 305 or BUEC 333 or equivalent. Students with credit for STAT 340 may not take STAT 341 for further credit.
Introduces the SAS statistical package. Data management; reading, editing and storing statistical data; data exploration and representation; summarizing data with tables, graphs and other statistical tools; and data simulation. Prerequisite: STAT 285 or STAT 302 or STAT 305 or BUEC 333. Students with credit for STAT 340 may not take STAT 342 for further credit.
A practical introduction to useful sampling techniques and intermediate level experimental designs. This course may not be used to satisfy the upper division requirements of the Statistics major or honours program. Prerequisite: STAT 302, 305 or 350 or BUEC 333. Students with credit for STAT 410 or 430 may not take STAT 403 for further credit. Quantitative.
An introduction to the essential modern supervised and unsupervised statistical learning methods. Topics include review of linear regression, classification, statistical error measurement, flexible regression and classification methods, clustering and dimension reduction. Prerequisite: STAT 302 or STAT 305 or STAT 350 or BUEC 333 or equivalent. Quantitative.
Introduction to standard methodology for analyzing categorical data including chi-squared tests for two- and multi-way contingency tables, logistic regression, and loglinear (Poisson) regression. Prerequisite: STAT 302 or STAT 305 or STAT 350 or BUEC 333 or equivalent. Students with credit for the former STAT 402 or 602 may not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.
Introduction to linear time series analysis including moving average, autoregressive and ARIMA models, estimation, data analysis, forecasting errors and confidence intervals, conditional and unconditional models, and seasonal models. Prerequisite: STAT 285 or STAT 302 or STAT 305 or BUEC 333 or equivalent. This course may not be taken for further credit by students who have credit for ECON 484. Quantitative.
Faculty Requirements
Statistics minor candidates are subject to the general regulations of the faculty in which they are enrolled.
Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements
Students admitted to ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.
WQB Graduation Requirements
A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit
Requirement |
Units |
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W - Writing |
6 |
Must include at least one upper division course, taken at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV within the student’s major subject | |
Q - Quantitative |
6 |
Q courses may be lower or upper division | |
B - Breadth |
18 |
Designated Breadth | Must be outside the student’s major subject, and may be lower or upper division 6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc 6 units Humanities: B-Hum 6 units Sciences: B-Sci |
6 |
Additional Breadth | 6 units outside the student’s major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements) Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas. |
Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit
- At least half of the program's total units must be earned through ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV study.
- At least two thirds of the program's total upper division units must be earned through ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV study.