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Lowest historical GPA first. At least 100 letter grades over the five years through the selected term. Grades reflect past outcomes, not workload or a guaranteed result.
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STAT 998 is a consulting apprenticeship course for graduate or professional students.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Sunduz Keles: Students complete a full consulting process with non-statistical clients, involving training steps and sharing stories with invited data scientists.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Introduction to deep learning and generative models connecting neural networks to statistical concepts.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Yiqiao Zhong: Reviewers note low overall workload, though exams can be confusing if lecture concepts are not understood. One student found the difficulty manageable with effort, while another cited flexible deadlines and fine tests.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026STAT 304 teaches advanced R programming skills for statistics, including data manipulation, text extraction, and visualization.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
One reviewer notes the course content was manageable due to prior job experience, though they earned an A.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Introduction to biostatistics for biomedical researchers, covering descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, regression, and survival analysis with biomedical applications.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Ismor Fischer, Mary Lindstrom: Reviewers describe the course as easy, with take-home or open-note exams. Prior intro stats knowledge makes the material manageable.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025COMPSCI/STAT 403 allows students to earn academic credit for outside internships related to Computer Sciences or Data Science programs.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026STAT 305 teaches students to use the R statistical language and integrate it with high performance computing tools for scientific computing.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026STAT 303 teaches using the R language to manipulate data and perform exploratory data analysis.
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The course involves multiple quizzes, homework assignments, and an exam, with reviewers noting the workload is substantial despite the straightforward nature of the tasks.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026STAT 479 covers special topics in statistics of interest to undergraduate students.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of John Gillett, Karl Rohe, Kris Sankaran: Workload varies by instructor; Gillett’s course required independent Linux learning and debugging, while Sankaran’s recent term involved graduate-level assignments. Sankaran’s earlier terms featured spread-out homeworks, and Rohe provided few guidelines.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ECE/MATH/STAT 888 covers advanced topics in the mathematical foundations of data science.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026STAT 605 teaches tools for collecting, managing, and analyzing large data sets using Linux, R, and distributed computing.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Turns statistics concepts into practice through data science practicums inspired by realistic projects.
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Historical reviews of Hyunseung Kang: The class is a lot of work, with grades heavily dependent on randomly assigned group projects and unclear grading criteria.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026STAT 992 is a graduate-level seminar covering special topics in statistics, with subject matter varying by offering.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Joshua Cape: The review does not specify workload or difficulty, only noting the material is delivered in an easy-to-understand way.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026