Minor in Quantitative Science

The Center for Quantitative Science offers a minor for undergraduate students who are interested in applications of statistical and mathematical tools to problems in ecology, biology, renewable resource management, and the environment.  Completing a minor in Quantitative Science provides an excellent way to increase the potential attractiveness of a degree. The minor requires a minimum of 27 credit hours.

Core Courses (25 credits)

• Q SCI 291 Calculus for Natural Systems I: Derivatives (May substitute MATH 124) (5) , offered autumn and winter quarters
• Q SCI 292 Calculus for Natural Systems II: Integrals (May substitute MATH 125) (5) , offered winter and spring quarters
• Q SCI 381 Introduction to Probability and Statistics (May substitute STAT 311) (5), offered autumn, winter, and spring quarters
• Q SCI 482 Statistical Inference in Applied Research I (5), offered autumn and winter quarters
• Q SCI 483 Statistical Inference in Applied Research II (5), offered spring quarter

Electives (a minimum of 2 or more credits from the approved list or with director’s permission)

Approved list:

• Q SCI/FISH 454 Ecological Modeling (4 credits), offered winter quarter
• Q SCI 451/ESRM 451 Analytical Methods for Wildlife Science (3 credits), offered winter quarter
• Q SCI 458/FISH 458 Modeling and Estimation in Conservation and Resource Management (4 credits), offered spring quarter
• Q SCI 403 Resampling Methods in Statistics (4 credits), offered spring quarter
• Note: we do not have any 2 credit elective courses available at this time.

Additional courses may qualify at the discretion of the CQS Director.

A minimum grade of 2.0 is required in all courses taken as part of the minor.