College of Letters and Science
8125 Mathematical Sciences
Box 951554
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554
Statistics
310-825-8430
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With the advent of fast computing and the subsequent flood of data detailing almost every aspect of our daily lives comes an urgent need for scientists trained in modern statistical methodologies.
Both the undergraduate and graduate programs in the Department of Statistics are structured around three core course sequences that introduce students to the science of data: theoretical statistics, data analysis, and statistical computing. This balance reflects the scale and complexity of problems that statisticians are now routinely called to address. Additional course offerings reflect the work of faculty members in bioinformatics, social networks, environmental studies, and computer vision.
Courses and workshops for secondary school teachers of statistics are also offered in order to promote sound statistics pedagogy throughout the curriculum.
Reflecting diverse research interests, the department is organized around several centers that collectively offer undergraduate and graduate students rich opportunities for specialized study. These include the Center for Environmental Statistics; Center for Social Statistics; Center for Vision, Cognition, Learning, and Autonomy; Center for Statistical Research in Computational Biology; and Center for the Teaching of Statistics.
