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Prof. Tatiana Apanisovich

Prof. Tatiana Apanasovich is one of the ORIE faculty with a research interest in statistics.
photo © Peter Richtárik

Minor in Engineering Statistics

The School of Operations Research and the Department of Statistical Science at Cornell offer a Minor in Engineering Statistics.  Open to all students except majors in ORE, the program requires students to develop expertise in engineering statistics.  The goal of the program is to provide students with a firm understanding of statistical principles and engineering applications and the ability to apply this knowledge in the real world.

Requirements:

At least six (6) courses (minimum of 18 credits) from the following:

Required Courses:

ENGRD 2700 Basic Engineering Probability and Statistics
ORIE 3500 or
ECE 3100
Basic Engineering Probability and Statistics II or
Introduction to Probability and Random Signals

Four Courses (11 credits minimum)*

ORIE 3510 or
ECE 4110
Introductory Engineering Stochastic Processes I or
Random Signals in Communications/Signal Processing
ORIE 4580 Simulation Modeling and Analysis
ORIE 4710 Applied Linear Statistical Models
ORIE 4711 Experimental Design
ORIE 4712 Regression
ORIE 5550 Applied Time Series Analysis
ORIE 5770 Quality Control
MATH 4720 or
BTRY 4090
Basic Probability or
Theory of Statistics
BTRY 6020 Statistical Methods II
BTRY 6030 or
ILRST 4110
Statistical Methods III or
Statistical Analysis of Qualitative Data
ILRST 3100 Statistical Sampling
ILRST 4100 Techniques of Multivariate Analysis

Academic Standards

Students are required to maintain at least a C- in each course in the minor and a GPA of 2.0 or better in all courses in the minor.

Students should be aware that some of these courses have prerequisites. These courses are cross-listed under the Department of Statistical Science.