Academic Programs

The department offers graduate work leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Major fields include Statistics (M.S. and Ph.D.) and Operations Research (M.S. only). Students can concentrate on theory or applications, and programs can be tailored to emphasize such areas of interest as ecology, engineering, forestry, mathematics, or oceanography. All students obtain experience as statistical consultants for problems in a variety of areas, including agriculture, biology, forestry, exercise physiology, and engineering. Students interested in environmental sciences have the opportunity to obtain experience both in and outside the classroom with statistical methods for environmental data.