Bowling Green State University offers a Master of Science degree in Applied Statistics which is sponsored jointly by the Department of Applied Statistics and Operations Research and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Students can be admitted to the program by either department. (Please see the BGSU Graduate College website for admission information and the on-line application. To apply for the MS in Applied Statistics in the Department of Applied Statistics and Operations Research, for item #15 on the application form, "Choose your Graduate Program by clicking here" - Choose Business Administration, then choose MS - Applied Statistics - ASOR.) Applicants must specify at the time of application which department is to be their "Academic Home". The student's "Advisor" is the Graduate Coordinator in the student's "Academic Home". Students can be financially supported by either department, and their assistantship duties are determined by the department providing the financial support. Graduation requirements are the same for all students enrolled in the program. The program is administered by a committee of six faculty, three from each of the two sponsoring departments.

The primary objective of this masters program is to provide an education in statistics to the student who wishes to become a professional statistician in business, industry, or government. Moreover, this program provides excellent preparation for the student who subsequently wishes to pursue the Ph.D.

The student may select from a wide variety of offerings in both applied statistics and mathematical statistics. In addition, the student is required to supplement study in statistics with a minimum of 6 semester hours in a cognate area. Examples of cognate areas chosen by recent graduates include operations research, computer science, biology, economics, and actuarial science.

The prerequisites to the program are an introduction to statistical inference and a standard calculus sequence. Course requirements are flexible enough to allow the student to tailor the program to fit individual interests and career objectives.

Primary faculty involved in this program include:

     James Albert, Ph.D., Purdue University
     Nancy Boudreau, Ph.D., University of Florida
     Hanfeng Chen, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
     Jane Chang, Ph.D., Ohio State University
     John (Tuhao) Chen, Ph.D., University of Sydney
     Arjun Gupta, Ph.D., Purdue University
     Richard "Herb" McGrath, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
     Truc Nguyen, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
     Gabor Szekely, Ph.D., Eotvos University
     Arthur B.Yeh, Ph.D., Rutgers University
     Craig Zirbel, Ph.D., Princeton University

Bowling Green State University has a university-wide Statistical Consulting Center. Most students in the degree program obtain experience, under the supervision of a faculty member, with actual consulting and research projects.

For further information, you may write to:

Department of Applied Statistics and Operations Research
Graduate Coordinator (Applied Statistics)
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0267