UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS

 

Academic Program Approval

 

This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs.  Proposing department should complete this form.  For more information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.

 

 

Submitted by: ___Dr. Steven Hastings_______________phone number__831-2508_____

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

Action:  ___________Revise Statistics Major_________________________________________________________

(Example:  add major/minor/concentration, delete major/minor/concentration,  revise major/minor/concentration,  academic unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change, etc.)

 

Effective term_____Fall 2006__________________________________________________________________

                                                (use format 04F, 05W)

 

Current degree___B.S.___________________________________________________

                                    (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

Proposed change leads to the degree of: ______________________________________

                                                                                             (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

 

Proposed name:__________________________________________________________

                                            Proposed new name for revised or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit

                                                                                (if applicable)

 

Revising or Deleting: 

 

Undergraduate major / Concentration:__Statistics – B.S. degree___________

                                                                                    (Example:  Applied Music – Instrumental  degree BMAS)

 

Undergraduate minor:_______________________________________________

                                   (Example:  African Studies,  Business Administration,  English, Leadership, etc.)            

 

Graduate Program Policy statement change:____________________________

                                                                        (Attach your Graduate Program Policy Statement)

 

            Graduate Program of Study:__________________________________________

                                 (Example:  Animal Science: MS  Animal Science:  PHD  Economics: MA Economics: PHD)

 

 

                Graduate minor / concentration:______________________________________

 

 

List program changes for curriculum revisions:

 

Changes

 

Major requirements now reflect CANR requirements.  Included here is the 8 credits of Physical Sciences (previously listed as two-semester sequence of laboratory science) and 9 credits of Literature and Arts.

 

Professional Studies

Drop STAT 205 - no longer taught

Add in STAT 200 or FREC 408

Remove MATH 302

Add in FREC 409

Add in STAT 409

 

Remove STAT 611 and STAT 615 as required courses

Replace with

One of the Following:

STAT 611.................................................................................. Regression Analysis   3

STAT 615.......................................................... Design and Analysis of Experiments   3

FREC 615................................................................. Advanced Prices and Statistics   3

STAT 674.............................................................. Applied Data Base Management   3

 

Remove

One of the following

STAT 616

STAT 617

STAT 618

ENGL 312

Require

Any course satisfying the College of Arts and Sciences second writing course

requirement. Recommended courses are: ENGL 301-Expository Writing, ENGL

312-Written Communications in Business, ENGL 410-Technical Writing, ENGL

415-Writing in the Professions.

 

Add in:

A maximum of three credits of independent study in Food and Resource Economics and a maximum of six credits in all areas, including Food and Resource Economics, may be counted toward a degree.

 

List new courses required for the new or revised curriculum:

 (Be aware that approval of the curriculum is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)

 

            none

           

Other affected units:

(List other departments affected by this new or revised curriculum.  Attach permission from the affected units.  If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)

           

            none

 

Rationale:

(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)

 

The Statistics major has not been serviced for a number of years on campus.  Following the move of statistics to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources in 1999, the major was reinstated by the Provost’s Office.  The Statistics Program was urged to either drop this major since we were no longer servicing it, or revise the major and open it to new students.  Since we were beginning to see new students interested in statistics, we sought to revise the major.  We found that we could service this major without adding any new courses. Instead, we rebuilt the major around existing courses in FREC.   The bulk of the changes in this major reflect modifications that make it consistent with all other majors in the CANR.  No additional courses were added from Math or Computer Science and thus would not reflect a demand for new courses.

 

Program Requirements: 

(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog.  If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the present curriculum.)

 

            See attachment.

 

 ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION:        (Please do not remove supporting documentation.)

 

Department Chairperson        Dr. Thomas Ilvento                                                                                Date                                       

 

Dean of College                       Dr. Robin Morgan                                                                  Date                                       

 

Chairperson, College Curriculum Committee___Dr. David Frey_____________________Date____________________

 

Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR Studies                                                                   Date                                       

 

Chairperson, Senate Coordinating Com.                                                                 Date                                       

 

Secretary, Faculty Senate                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Date of Senate Resolution                                                                                                      Date to be Effective               

 

Registrar                                                                  Program Code                                         Date                                       

 

Vice Provost for Academic Programs & Planning                                                                  Date                                       

 

Provost                                                                                                                                   Date                                       

 

Board of Trustee Notification                                                                                                                Date                                       

 

Revised 11/03/04   /khs

 

 

DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

MAJOR: STATISTICS

 

Telephone: (302) 831-2511

Email: ilvento@udel.edu

http://ag.udel.edu

 

Statistics is the science of data - the collection, management, analysis

and interpretation of data. Statistical methodology is used in virtually

every professional field as a way to conduct research and make important

decisions. These include the pure sciences such as biology, chemistry

and physics, as well as engineering, business, and the social sciences

(economics, political science, psychology, and sociology).   The

Statistics Major is based on a combination of a core set of theoretical

and methods courses in statistics, as well as opportunities for taking

courses in fields of application. The core course work is designed to

prepare students for advanced study in statistics by emphasizing a

foundation in probability and mathematical statistics, as well as

courses in statistical methods such as design and regression.  Students

also will take courses that build an area of statistical application.

The area of application may well be a minor or a second major.

 

CURRICULUM

 

UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

ENGL 110 Critical Reading and Writing

(minimum grade C-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Three credits in an approved course or courses stressing multi-cultural, ethnic,

and/or gender-related course content (see p. 62-65) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

 

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

Agricultural and Biological Sciences……………………………………………….9

Minimum of one course in three of the following areas: Engineering Technology,

Animal Science, Food Science, Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, Plant and Soil

Sciences, or Biology.

 

Literature and Arts……………………………………………………………………9

Nine credits from English, Art, Art History, Communication, Music, Theatre,

Foreign Language, or courses cross-listed in these departments.  Three credits must be

in either AGRI212 or COMM212.

 

Social Sciences and Humanities……………………………………………………6

Minimum of one course in two of the following areas: Anthropology, Black

American Studies, Criminal Justice, Education, Geography, History, Philosophy,

Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Women’s Studies, or courses cross-listed

in these departments.

 

Physical Sciences…………………………………………………………………….8

Minimum of eight credits of lab science selected from Chemistry, Physics, Geology, or Physical

Science.

 

Professional Studies

STAT 200 or STAT 408……………………………………………………..3

MATH 210 Discrete Mathematics I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MATH 242 Analytic Geometry and Calculus B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

MATH 243 Analytic Geometry and Calculus C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

MATH 245 Concepts of Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MATH 349 Elementary Linear Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MATH 401 Introduction to Real Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MATH 426 Introduction to Numerical Analysis and

Algorithmic Computation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

STAT 370 Introduction to Statistical Analysis I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

STAT 371 Introduction to Statistical Analysis II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

FREC 409 Research Methods II ……………………………………………3

STAT 409 Regression and Experimental Design………………………….3

Three credits from the following……………………………………………..3

Any course satisfying the College of Arts and Sciences Second Writing

Course requirement.  Recommended courses are:  ENGL 301- Expository Writing,

ENGL 312 – Written Communications in Business, ENGL 410 Technical Writing,

ENGL 415 Writing in the Professions.

 

One of the following:

STAT 611 Regression Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

STAT 615 Design and Analysis of Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

FREC 615 Advanced Prices and Statistics…………………………………3

STAT 674 Applied Data Base Management………………………………..3

 

One of the following options (A, B, or C):. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

 

Option A (for students with previous experience with a programming language)

CISC 181 Introduction to Computer Science

and

CISC 220 Data Structures

 

Option B (for students with no previous experience with a programming language)

CISC 105 General Computer Science

and

CISC 181 Introduction to Computer Science

and

CISC 220 Data Structures

 

Option C (for students with no previous experience with a programming language)

CISC 105 General Computer Science

and

CISC 120 Object Oriented Programming in C++

and

CISC 220 Data Structures

 

Area of application: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

This program requires a fifteen-credit area of application outside Statistics.

Students must meet regularly with the advisor to develop it.

 

Students lacking adequate preparation for MATH 242 should begin with MATH 241.

A grade of C- or better is required for all major courses and related work.  A maximum of three credits

of independent study in Food and Resources Economics and a

maximum of six credits in all areas, including Food and Resource Economics, may be counted 

toward a degree.

 

ELECTIVES

After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to

meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.

 

CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124