Candidates must fulfill the requirements of the College of Graduate Studies and of the Department of Statistics. See the College of Graduate Studies section of part 4 in the UI Catalog for the applicable general degree requirements.  The College of Graduate Studies requires a minimum of 30 credits for the M.S. degree.

For the Statistics Master's degree, there are two non-thesis options and one thesis option: 

1. Thesis (Stat 500) (with no qualifying exam) 
2. Internship (Stat 598) with an internship report 
3. Research course (Stat 599) (6 credits required)

An individual graduate program is tailored for the student, but all students must complete a basic core requirement of 18 credits and one of the three degree options.   The core requirements are:

• Stat 451 Probability Theory  (3 cr)
• Stat 452 Mathematical Statistics (3 cr)

• Stat 507 Experimental Design (3 cr)

• Stat 510 Regression (3 cr)

• Stat 519 Multivariate Analysis (3 cr)

• Stat 565 Computer Intensive Statistics (3 cr)

A maximum of 6 credits of Stat 500 Master's Research & Thesis may be counted toward the thesis degree option.

Students are required to register for 4 credits of ST- 501 Seminar and attend this class regularly. Each semester all students enrolled in ST- 501 give at least one seminar presentation to the faculty and graduate students.