The prerequisites for STAT courses numbered 305 and above are:

• STAT 200 (or any introductory statistics course) and STAT/MATH 302 (introductory probability).
• MATH 200 (multivariate calculus) is a prerequisite for STAT 302.
• MATH 221 or MATH 223 (linear algebra) is a prerequisite for Stat 306.

Note that STAT 251 is an introductory course on probability and statistics (so less Statistics than STAT 200 and less probability than STAT/MATH 302). STAT 251 is NOT acceptable as a prerequisite (in place of STAT 302) for any STAT course numbered 305 and above, other than ELEC/STAT 321 (Stochastic Signals and Systems).

Introductory Probability requires multivariable calculus (e.g., Math 200) as a prerequisite and is much more mathematical than an introductory statistics course. Introductory Statistics courses involve data analysis and statistical software, whereas Introductory probability courses do not.

Here's an example of an exam question in introductory Probability:

An insurance policy pays a total medical benefit consisting of two parts for each claim. Let X represent the part of the benefit that is paid to the surgeon, and let Y represent the part that is paid to the hospital. The variance of X is 4000, the variance of Y is 8000, and the variance of the total benefit, X+Y, is 14000.

(a) What is the covariance of X and Y?
(b) Due to increasing medical costs, the insurance company decides to increase X by a flat amount of 100 per claim and to increase Y by 10% per claim. Calculate the variance of the total benefit after these revisions have been made.

Here's an example of an exam question in introductory Statistics:

Physical fitness testing is an important aspect of athletic training. A common measure of the magnitude of cardiovascular fitness is the maximum volume of oxygen uptake during a strenuous exercise. A study was conducted on 24 middle-aged men to study the influence of the time that it takes to complete a 3 km run on the oxygen uptake. The scatter diagram of oxygen uptake against time is roughly oval-shaped. The regression analysis for the data is summarized as [... not repeated here].

(a) Predict the maximum volume of oxygen intake, when the time takes to complete 3 km run is (i) 700 seconds and (ii) 1120 seconds.
(b) Does the time it takes to run a distance of 3 km have a significant influence on maximum oxygen intakes? (Answer with yes or no and explain in no more than 20 words.)

For 2023-2024:

• STAT 301 offered in term 1 & 2
• 344, 404, 406, 460: offered only in Term 1.
• STAT 443, 447B, 450, 461: offered only in Term 2.
• STAT 300, 305, and 306: offered in Terms 1 and 2.
• STAT 302: offered in Terms 1 and 2, and in the summer term.