Learning Abroad in Statistical Practice/Science

There is no such thing as a "local" company or issue anymore. An international experience will provide you with the necessary skills to work effectively in industry, academia, and the public sector.

Academic Planning

Review your program requirements from the School of Statistics before beginning your study abroad research. Be sure to work with your Statistics adviser to make sure that your courses integrate well into the statistics major.

• With careful planning, spending a semester or two abroad is a possibility to fulfill some core major requirements and electives in both the Statistical Science B.S. and the Statistical Practice B.A.
• Unless you are fluent in languages beyond English, you will likely focus your search on universities with Mathematics and Statistics departments that offer coursework in English (whether or not the locally spoken language is English). You are not required to take coursework in English. If you are eligible to take coursework in another language, you certainly can.
• To have new courses reviewed for major requirements, start by talking with the departmental academic adviser.

Best Time to Go Abroad

• If you are trying to fulfill major requirements abroad, the department recommends that you go abroad earlier in your college career due to the sequencing of Statistics core courses.

Who will advise me and help me with approvals?

• Learning Abroad Center advisers can help you find program and course information to help you prepare for your study abroad academic planning discussion with your statistics adviser. Sending an email ahead of time, with information on what you want to take abroad with information about course information before your appointment will you help your statistics adviser in determining course equivalencies and approvals. Record these discussions by using an Academic Planning for Study Abroad (APSA) Form. Appointment slots fill quickly, especially during peak times during the semester. As a result, scheduling appointments in advance is encouraged.

Major Requirements

• More information about major requirements is available here.
• Since many of the core courses are unique, it may be hard to find equivalencies abroad. Courses that might be approved would be statistics electives, e.g. categorical data analysis, time series.
• Some universities may have mathematical statistical courses that could replace one of STAT 4101, 4102, 5101, and 5102.

Liberal Education Requirements

• Search the U Credit Abroad database to select from more than 2,000 study abroad courses that have already been pre-approved for liberal education requirements. You may also submit any liberal education course not yet evaluated for approval online.

College of Liberal Arts Language Requirement

• Statistical Practice B.A. - Courses taken abroad for the CLA Language Requirement must be at least 4 credits. CLA college advisers can approve courses that are clearly identified in a syllabus or online course description as first-, second-, third-, or fourth-semester language courses. If the course level is not explicitly stated, you must work with your CLA adviser to have the course evaluated by the appropriate language department. Advisers cannot approve these courses.
• Statistical Science B.S. - To allow for extra mathematics, students in the BS program do not have to complete the College of Liberal Arts' second language requirement.

Consider funding opportunities

• The Learning Abroad Center awards $800,000 per year in scholarships. For more information, visit Recommended Scholarships.
• CLA students can apply for CLA Study Abroad Scholarships in addition to other Learning Abroad Center scholarships.

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