Scholarship Application

1. See your Math Department faculty advisor every semester for advice about classes and degree requirements. The advisor can be of your choosing, but the default assignment is the department chair (Dr. Fisher, mailto:fishrobe@isu.edu).

2. Get started on the Calculus sequence immediately.

3. Get through the common Math/Stat core courses efficiently and early.

4. Take at most three Math/Stat classes per semester.

5. If you are interested in grad school in statistics, Math 4423-4 is recommended.

6. Statistics major often minor in fields were analysis of data is practiced: for example, business, biology, sociology, psychology, economics. In some cases a class from another department is approved for credit in the statistics major.

7. If you want to get a job in industry, take English 3307

(Professional and Technical Writing).

Sample Course of Study (This is only a sample; variations are possible.)

	Fall term	Spring term
Freshman year	Math 1170 CS 1181	Math 1175 Math 2240
Sophomore year	Math 2275 Math 3350	Math 3326 Math 3352
Junior year	Math 4457 Math 3360	Math 4458 Math 4406
Senior year	Math 4450 Math 4459	Math 4451

Math Department prerequisite tree

• Math Department prerequisite tree for Stat majors.

Other links/resources

• ISU Math Club.
• Career center, American Statistical Association .
• Careers involving probability and statistics, University of Texas, Austin.
• Careers, Royal Statistical Society.
• Actuarial careers .
• Careers in mathematics.
• Research experiences for undergrads.
• The Graduate Record Exam and the Graduate Record Exam subject test in mathematics.
• Mathematics Association of America.
• American Mathematical Society.
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
• ISU 2009-2010 online Undergraduate Catalog .
• Math Department scholarships.