Quantitative/Analytical Courses - Fall 2009

Here's a selection of quantitative courses being offered at Duke, UNC and NCSU this fall. This list is not intended to be exhaustive; there are other courses that can be used for quantitative credit.  As always, be sure to check on prerequisites and level of presentation before committing yourself, and be sure that the course you have selected satisfies requirements for your program.  Different programs sometimes treat the same course differently.  Please refer to the web page on Statistics Sequences at Duke, UNC and NCSU to see how quantitative courses at the three universities fit (or don't fit) together. 

You may find that some of these classes are already full. They are included here so that you’ll be alerted to look for them again in the future.

UNC classes start on Tuesday, August 25, 2009.
NCSU classes start on Wednesday, August 19, 2009.

I. Satisfy statistics prerequisite

Duke

PUBPOL 312 Stat for Policy Makers

STA 101 Data Anaysis/Stat Infer
STA 102 Intro Biostatistics (biomed)
STA 103 Probability/Stat Infer (calc. prereq.)

UNC

BIOS 600 Principles of Statistical Inference

PLAN 720 Quantitative Analysis

SOCI 708 Statistics for Sociology

STOR 151 Basic Statistics
STOR 155 Intro Statistics

NCSU

ST 507 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences I
ST 511 Exp Statistics for Biol. Sciences I

II. May require calculus, no statistics prerequisite

Duke

BA 525 Behavior Decision Theory

ENVIRON 259 Fundamentals of Geospatial Analysis
ENVIRON 264 Appl Diff Eq Env Sci

EOS 240 Intro to Computer Modeling in the Earth Sci.

UNC

ENVR 452 Fluid Dynamics (check prereq.)
ENVR 470 Envir Risk Assessment

GEOG 410 Modeling Env. Systems
GEOG 491 Intro to GIS

NCSU

BMA 567 Modeling of Biological Systems

SSC 573 Intro to Surface Hydrologic & Water Quality Modeling

III. Require intro. statistics prerequisite-level and sometimes other prerequisites:

Duke

DECISION 411 Forecasting (overlaps with ENVIRON 255)

ECON 239 Introduction to Econometrics
(also requires 2 semesters of calculus, microeconomics; recommend only for those with substantal previous econ experience)

ENVIRON 272 Evaluation of Public Expenditures

SOCIOL 212 Social Statistics I

STA 121 Regression Analysis

UNC

BIOL 563 Stats Ecol Evolution
BIOS 670 Demographic Techniques I

SOCI 711 Analysis of Categorical Data
SOCI 760 Data Collection Methods (overlaps with ENVIRON 280)
SOCI 761 Questionnaire Design (overlaps with ENVIRON 280)
SOCI 830 Demographic Tech I

NCSU

SOC 707 Quantitative Social Analysis

ST 512 Experimental Statistics for Biological Sciences II (similar to ENVIRON 210)
ST 514 Statistics for Management and Social Sciences II (Similar to ST 512)

IV. Require introductory statistics and (ENVIRON 210 or equivalent, such as ST 512 at NCSU):

Duke

ECON 239D Introduction to Econometrics

ENVIRON 335 Water Quality Modeling (prereq. ENVIRON 210 and ENVIRON 236)

UNC

BIOS 665 Analysis of Categorical Data

NCSU

PA 715 Quantitative Policy Analysis

ST 520 Statistical Principles of Clinical Trials (co-req. 512)
ST 524 Statistics in Plant Sciences
ST 711 Design of Experiments
ST 715 Theory of Sampling Applied to Survey Design
ST 730 Applied Time Series Analysis

V. Other tools courses

Check these prerequisites carefully and consult instructor. (Note: You can count up to 6 units of 100-level courses toward your 48 units with permission of your advisor)

Duke

ENVIRON 259 Fundamentals of GIS and Geospatial Analysis
ENVIRON 357L Satellite Remote Sensing

EOS 102 Atmos & Ocean Dynamics
EOS 273S Analytic Techniques

UNC

GEOG 477 Intro to Remote Sensing
GEOG 491 Intro to GIS

SOCI 720 Qualitative Res.

NCSU

FOR 554 Principles of Spatial Analysis
FOR 753 Env Remote Sensing

SOC 711 Res Methods Soc I
SOC 715 Qual Soc Methods

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