University Statistics Committee/Master of Statistics
Mathematics Track Procedures

1. location

The Mathematics Track of the Master Statistics Program is located within the Department of Mathematics.

2. track faculty

The Mathematics Track faculty consist of statistician and probabilist faculty with regular appointments in mathematics who are advising students in the MStat in Mathematics track, and adjunct faculty who are serving on MStat in Mathematics student supervisory committees.

3. Mathematics Track Representative to the University Statistics Committee

The University Statistics Committee votes to nominate regular, voting committee members, one from each track plus the chair, and sends these nominations to the Dean of the Graduate School annually in the spring. The Dean of the Graduate School appoints the University Statistics Committee. The Mathematics Track representative is nominated by the chair of the Mathematics Department. Nominations for track representatives come from each tract, according to each track’s procedures, each spring. Track faculty other than the track representative may opt to serve as ad hoc members of the University Statistics Committee. However, only one track representative is a voting member of the Committee.

4. Track Interface with the Department of Mathematics

The interface between tracks and departments is described in the University Statistics Committee’s Procedures as follows:

“The MStat degree is granted in a specific department (e.g., MStat in Mathematics is granted in the Department of Mathematics). However, the Chair of the University Statistics Committee signs on all forms (e.g, admissions, candidacy, etc.) as department chair for this program, by agreement with the home departments of each track when the MStat program was created.

Track faculty follow each track’s procedures to coordinate with their home department.

The committee coordinates with related programs to assure that course content meets MStat students’ needs.”

The Department of Mathematics determines teaching assingments and course schedules and pays for the required courses in Mathematics Track to be taught. The Mathematics Track provides input and feedback to the Department, including review of department offerings, in order to ensure that the needs of the MStat students are met. MStat in Mathematics students graduate in the Department of Mathematics.

5. Mathematics Track Admissions

Applicants in the MStat Program apply to the Graduate School, which forwards their applications to the University Statistics Committee and from there to the Track Representatives.

The due date for applications the Mathematics Track is May 1. The Mathematics faculty meet to vote on admissions and identify advisors. The Mathematics Track Representative initials forms indicating the track’s wishes and forwards the forms back to the Program Director (i.e., the Chair of the University Statistics Committee). The University Statistics Committee Chair reviews forms for program-level issues and provides the department-level signatures.

6. Mathematics Track Curriculum

The Mathematics Track prerequisites and curriculum are detailed in the MStat Program Brochure and on the Mathematics Track portion of this website.