Pre-requisite Course Requirements
Admitted students need to have completed a three-credit graduate course in statistics (including topics such as random variables, probability, distributions, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing and inferential statistics) with a minimum grade of B within the past five years.
Below is a list of VCU courses that applicants to the Doctoral Program in Health Related Sciences have taken to meet the graduate-level statistics prerequisite. This is not an exhaustive list. Students have the option to find a graduate statistics course of their choosing.
STAT 508. Introduction to Social Statistics. 3 Hours.
Semester course; 3 lecture hours (delivered online, face-to-face or hybrid). 3 credits. Introduction to statistical methods applicable in a variety of settings, with emphasis on nonexperimental data. Data description and analysis including chi-square and t-tests, using a statistical computing package. Not applicable toward M.S. in Mathematical Sciences or Computer Science. Crosslisted as: SOCY 508.
The VCU Bulletin is the official source for academic course and program information.
STAT 513. Mathematical Statistics I. 3 Hours.
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Enrolling students should have completed both univariate and multivariate calculus. Probability, random variables and their properties, expectations, moment generating functions,common families of distributions, multiple random variables, and sample statistics and properties. Crosslisted as: BIOS 513.
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STAT 543. Statistical Methods I. 3 Hours.
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Enrollment restricted to students with graduate standing, or those with one course in statistics and permission of instructor. Basic concepts and techniques of statistical methods, including the collection and display of information, data analysis and statistical measures; variation, sampling and sampling distributions; point estimation, confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses for one and two sample problems; principles of one-factor experimental design, one-way analysis of variance and multiple comparisons; correlation and simple linear regression analysis; contingency tables and tests for goodness of fit. Students may receive degree credit for only one of BIOS 543, STAT 441, STAT 541, STAT 543 or STAT 641. Neither STAT 543 nor BIOS 543 is applicable toward the M.S. degree in mathematical sciences or the M.S. degree in computer science.
The VCU Bulletin is the official source for academic course and program information.
STAT 608. Statistics for Social Research. 3 Hours.
Semester course; 3 lecture hours (delivered online, face-to-face or hybrid). 3 credits. Prerequisite: STAT/SOCY 508 or SOCY 214 or permission of instructor. Statistical methods applied in social research. Topics include analysis of variance, correlation and regression, including stepwise methods, and the analysis of discrete data. Study of a statistical package, emphasizing manipulation of survey data sets. Not applicable toward M.S. in Mathematical Sciences or Computer Science. Crosslisted as: SOCY 608.
The VCU Bulletin is the official source for academic course and program information.
For students that are not local to Richmond, suggested classes are below: