Simon Fraser University offers a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree with a Major in Statistics.
- Students can also complete an Honours degree or Minor in Statistics
- Students may be admitted by direct entry on their university application, or by application to the Department of Statistics, after they have been admitted.
- Once a STAT course has been completed with a grade of C- or higher, STAT courses that are prerequisites to this course may not be taken for further credit without permission of the department.
- Students must have a grade of C- or better in prerequisites for STAT courses
- Experience with a high level programming language is recommended by the start of the second year
- To continue in the program, students must maintain at least a 2.25 grade point average in MATH, STAT, MACM and CMPT courses.
Useful links when using this course planning worksheet:
SFU Program Requirements
SFU Department Website
BC Transfer Guide
Langara Diagnostic Tests
Lower division requirements:
|
SFU Courses |
Credits |
Langara Equivalents |
Credits |
|
CMPT 1201,2 |
3 |
CPSC 11501,2 |
3 |
|
CMPT 1251,3 |
3 |
CPSC 11811,3 |
3 |
|
One of: MATH 150 MATH 151 MATH 154 MATH 157 |
4 3 3 3 |
One of: Unavailable MATH 1171 or 1173 or 1253 MATH 1175 MATH 1174 |
0 3 3 3 |
|
One of: MATH 152 MATH 155 MATH 158 |
3 3 3 |
One of: MATH 1271 or 1273 MATH 1275 MATH 1274 |
3 3 3 |
|
And: STAT 180 |
1 |
And: Unavailable |
0 |
|
One of: MATH 232 MATH 2404 |
3 3 |
One of: MATH 1252 MATH 23624 |
3 3 |
|
All of: MATH 251 STAT 240 STAT 260 STAT 261 STAT 270 STAT 285 |
3 3 2 1 3 3 |
All of: MATH 2371 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable STAT 2281 Unavailable |
3 0 0 0 3 0 |
|
Electives5 |
Electives5 |
|
FOOTNOTE:
1 SFU strongly encourages students to complete this requirement in their first year.
2 Recommended by SFU. Students with prior computing experience may be able to challenge SFU CMPT 120.
3 LANG CPSC 1181 (3) = SFU CMPT 125 (3) & Exemption SFU CMPT 127 (0) as CMPT 127 is a corequisite for CMPT 125 at SFU.
4 Recommended by SFU Statistics Department
5 The electives should include SFU W/Q/B requirements
This course planning outline is created by the Langara College Counselling Department and is intended for use only as a guide. It is the student’s responsibility to consult original sources to ensure accuracy.
Updated August 2023