Mar 28, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Statistics Minor


Prabhashi Withana Gamage, Coordinator

Phone: (540) 568-1736

Email: withanpw@jmu.edu

A minor in statistics requires a minimum of 18 credit hours. Students seeking the minor in statistics must complete one of the following options.

Credit by Examination

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics  offers credit by examination for some of the courses taught in the department. Students who want to take an examination must apply to the department head. Upon application students will receive details regarding approval to take the examination.

Option 1


Not open to students majoring in mathematics. Students completing Option 1 must obtain prior approval of the courses to be counted in the minor from the statistics minor adviser, Nusrat Jahan.

Option 2


Not open to students majoring in mathematics. Students completing Option 2 must obtain prior approval of the courses to be counted in the minor from the statistics minor adviser, Nusrat Jahan.

Option 3


The Option 3 minor in statistics is only open to students majoring in mathematics. Up to six hours may be double-counted towards the mathematics major. Students completing Option 3 must obtain prior approval of the courses to be counted in the minor from the statistics minor adviser, Nusrat Jahan.