Fall 2026

Special Topics in Statistics

STAT 679 covers special topics in statistics at the master's level, with subject matter varying by offering.

offering recorded1–3 credits

Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Garvesh Raskutti3.7/5 Matthias Katzfuss Zexuan Sun

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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Graduate/professional standing or declared in Statistics VISP

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Garvesh Raskutti

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2015: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2017: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

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Zexuan Sun

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

GARVESH RASKUTTI is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
LEC 004	Classroom Instruction	1 / 4	0
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	0 / 15	0

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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STAT 679 · Fall 2026

Special Topics in Statistics

Recorded 2026-09-07

STAT 679 · Fall 2026

Interpretable Machine Learning

Recorded 2026-09-07

STAT 679 · Fall 2026

Bayesian Stats&Machine Lrning

Recorded 2026-09-07

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