Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Statistics

The Department of Statistics at UC Riverside has an outstanding reputation in Teaching, Research and Consulting. We are the only program in Southern California where one may obtain a PhD in Applied Statistics. The Ph.D. program in Applied Statistics emphasizes both the theory of Statistics and its application to special fields of interest. Primarily, students work on completing the course requirements and comprehensive exams during the first 2-3 years. A minimum of 12 units of enrollment (about 3 courses per quarter) is required until advancing to candidacy. Students begin dissertation research after successfully passing the course requirements and comprehensive exams. Part of the course requirements is the opportunity to take courses outside the department that will allow students to prepare for their research project. This is the "Substantive Field" requirement and courses may be chosen from areas in Biology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology or Administration. Specialties might include Population Genetics, Biological Control, Hydrology, Epidemiology, Geology, Discrimination of Learning, or scales and Measurements