INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS I

MATH/STAT 309

Course Description

Probability and combinatorial methods, discrete and continuous, univariate and multivariate distributions, expected values, moments, normal distribution and derived distributions, estimation.

Prerequisties

MATH 234 , MATH 376 , or concurrent enrollment. Not open to students with credit for MATH/STAT 431 or STAT 311

Satisfies

COMPSCI 566 , ISYE 312 , ACTSCI 650 , MATH 616 , STAT 311 , BMI/COMPSCI 567 , ISYE/PSYCH 349 , ACTSCI 300 , ECON 400 , ISYE 516 , ISYE/NE 574 , MATH/STAT 310 , CIVENGR 516 , STAT 461 , OTM 453 , COMPSCI/ECE 561 , ISYE 521 , ISYE 350 , ECON/FINANCE 300 , RMI 660 , COMPSCI 541 , RMI 655 , ISYE 517 , ISYE 315 , SOC 362 , ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632 , ISYE 412 , ISYE 320 , ISYE/ME 512 , ISYE 624 , ECE/ISYE 570 , MEDPHYS 674 , STAT 312 , MATH 535 , and GENBUS 317

Credits

Offered

Fall

Grade Point Average

3.01

-4.66% from Historical

Completion Rate

91.73%

-1.51% from Historical

A Rate

26.32%

-31.8% from Historical

Class Size

133

56.66% from Historical

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Instructors (2025 Fall)

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