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Requirements from previous years can be found in the <a href="https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/general-catalog-downloads/">General Catalog Archive</a>. </p><h2>Preparatory Subject Matter (27-28 units)</h2><p><strong>Mathematics</strong></p><ul><li>MAT 21A Calculus </li><li>MAT 21B Calculus </li><li>MAT 21C Calculus </li><li>MAT 21D Vector Analysis</li><li>MAT 22A or 67 Linear Algebra</li></ul><p><strong>Computer Science</strong></p><ul><li>ECS 32A or 36A Programming<ul><li>Former courses ECS 10 or 30 or 40 may also be used.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Statistics</strong></p><ul><li>STA 13 or 32 or 100 <ul><li>STA 32 or 100 preferred.</li></ul></li></ul><h2>Depth Subject Matter (55-56 units)</h2><h3 class="heading--auxiliary">Core Coursework</h3><p><strong>Statistics</strong></p><ul><li>STA 106 Analysis of Variance</li><li>STA 108 Regression Analysis</li><li>STA 138 Analysis of Categorical Data</li><li>STA 131A Intro to Probability Theory</li><li>STA 131B Intro to Mathematical Statistics</li><li>STA 131C Intro to Mathematical Statistics</li></ul><p><strong>Mathematics</strong></p><ul><li>MAT 108 Abstract Math or 127C Real Analysis (or former course MAT 125B)</li><li>MAT 127A Real Analysis (or former course MAT 25)</li><li>MAT 127B Real Analysis (or former course MAT 125A)</li><li>MAT 167 Applied Linear Algebra</li></ul><h3 class="heading--auxiliary"><strong>Restricted Electives</strong></h3><p class="u-clear"><strong>Choose Three: </strong></p><ul><li>STA 104 Nonparametric Statistics</li><li>STA 135 Multivariate Data Analysis</li><li>STA 137 Applied time Series Analysis</li><li>STA 141A Fundamentals of Statistical Data Science</li><li>STA 141B Data & Web Technologies for Data Analysis <br><em>or</em> STA 141C Big Data & High Performance Statistical Computing </li><li>STA 142A Statistical Learning I </li><li>STA 142B Statistical Learning II </li><li>STA 144 Sampling Theory of Surveys</li><li>STA 145 Bayesian Statistical Inference</li><li>STA 160 Practice in Statistical Data Science </li><li>MAT 168 Optimization</li><li>One approved course of 4 units from STA 199, 194HA, or 194HB may be used. </li></ul><h3 class="heading--auxiliary"><strong>Related Elective Course</strong></h3><p>One upper division course <em>approved by major advisor;</em> it should be in mathematics, computer science, or in quantitative aspects of a substantive discipline. 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