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The department offers a program of study leading to the Master of Science degree in applied statistics. The program is designed to provide students with the necessary quantitative background for employment in business, industry, or government and to provide a solid foundation for students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. degree in applied statistics. Courses in this program are offered at the Naperville campus. Some may also be taken at the Lincoln Park campus.

Certificate in applied statistics

Students may also elect to obtain a certificate in applied statistics rather than a master's degree. The certificate program requires successful completion of six courses in Applied Statistics including MAT 441-442-443, Data Analysis I, II, and III, and three courses selected from MAT 456, Applied Regression Analysis, 528, Design of Experiments, MAT 526, Sample Survey Methods, and MAT 458, Statistical Quality Control. 

Students in the certificate program in applied statistics should contact the program director during their last quarter to apply for graduation and issuance of the certificate.

For further information, please contact the program director:

Dr. Effat Moussa
Department of Mathematical Sciences
DePaul University
2320 N. Kenmore Avenue
Chicago , IL 60614
773..325.,1343
emoussa@condor.depaul.edu

Graduate Information Session

Please join us for an information session featuring DePaul’s graduate program in Applied Mathematics and Applied Statistics. At this information session you will have the opportunity to learn about program content, admission requirements, and meet with program faculty.

Admission Requirements

• For full admission in the master's degree program, students must have the following:
• Bachelor's degree.
• Two years of calculus and linear algebra (i.e., the equivalent of one of the first-year sequences MAT 150-151-152, 160-161-162 or 170-171-172; and the second-year sequence 260-261-262).
• A course in statistics.
• Applicants who do not have this preparation may be admitted on a conditional basis until they have completed the requirements with grades of B or better.
• If you would like application materials to be sent to you please e-mail your request to Admissions: graddpu@depaul.edu

Degree Requirements

Candidates for the Master's of scienceMaster's of Science degree must complete 48 quarter hours of graduate level work in applied statistics and pass two sets of comprehensive examinations. Part I covers the material in MAT 451-452-453, and Part II covers material in MAT 456, 526 and 528.  Comprehensive examinations are offered twice a year, in the autumn and spring quarters.

At the beginning of the quarter when students plan to take the comprehensive examinations, they should register with the program director.  Students should request syllabi for the comprehensive exams from the department secretary or visit the director's Web Web site at:  http://condor.depaul.edu/~emoussa/ .

All students in the master's of science program are required to complete the following ten core courses: 

• MAT 441-442-443 Statistical Data Analysis I, II and III
• MAT 451-452-453
• Probability and Statistics I, II, and III
• MAT 456 Applied Regression Analysis
• MAT 512 Time Series Analysis
• MAT 528 Design of Experiments
• MAT 526 Sample Survey Methods
• Students must complete at least two of the following courses depending on their interests. 
• MAT 454 Multivariate Statistics
• MAT 455 Stochastic Processes
• MAT 457 Nonparametric Statistics
• MAT 458 Statistical Quality Control
• MAT 459 Monte Carlo Simulation Methods
• MAT 460 Topics in Statistics (Reliability Theory and Life Testing, Survival Analysis, or Response Surface Methodology or Meta-Analysis)
• MAT 489 Queuing Theory

Computer Usage

The department places strong emphasis on computation and is well supported with equipment and software necessary for research. The computer software packages used in most courses are likely to play an important role in the solution of the problems students will encounter in their places of employment.