<p>hey - i am going to be a college junior in the fall at ursinus college and im starting to get interested in doing a masters in statistics when i graduate (i will probably take a year off hopefully to work in between). i am a business and economics major and i was wondering what classes i would need in order to meet the requirements or have a good chance of getting into a masters program. as of now i have taken</p>
<p>calc 1 - A
statistics - 4 on the AP exam (i am guessing grad schools wont count this?)
business stat - A</p>
<p>any suggestions on what i should take in the next 2 years?</p>
<p>my overall GPA is a 3.5 and in my major a 3.6. i am planing on doing honors economics research my senior year and i will have at least 2 very solid recommendations. i havent taken the GREs yet since i only just finished sophomore year.</p>
<p>In terms of economic research, it really depends on what type of econ your pursuing, but the monte carlo method and bootlegging are used extensively in a variety of economic topics including finance and labor economics. Any mid-level statistical computing class should give you a solid base. I would recommend any computational statistics class using R. </p>
<p>As far as requirements go, I’m sure programs differ and you would be better off looking the various programs your interested in and looking them up yourself. It’ll be loads more accurate than a general consensus on cc.</p>
<p>Programs do differ, but on average you will want to complete the calculus sequence (up to Calculus III), take a semester of linear algebra, and take at least two mathematical statistics and probability classes (most schools have a 2-semester sequence). You should also take an introductory level programming class in some programming language (C++, Java, Perl, something).</p>
<p>The more math and statistics (and programming) classes you take, the more competitive you will be. You can also take some econometrics classes in the economics department to give you a more applied focus, and take graduate-level statistics classes in different departments (statistics, economics, etc.). You’ll want to learn to use at least one statistical package. R is in vogue now for econometricians and statistics in business, but you could also learn SAS or Stata. Which package you use the most will depend on what industry you go into (biostatisticians use SAS and Stata a lot).</p>
<p>And I think that Fuzzylogic means “bootstrapping.” We use that a lot in health/biostats too.</p>