Graduate Statistics Courses

Below is a list of graduate courses in statistics (STAT) that the Department offers during the current academic year.

UConn students taking statistics courses have access to a variety of statistical software through the University. Learn more on our Statistical Software page.

Academic Year 2023-2024

Statistics (STAT) Courses

6615. Statistical Learning and Optimization

Also offered as: BIST 6615

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Instructor consent and intermediate courses in mathematical and applied statistics.

Grading Basis: Graded

Computationally intensive statistical learning methods with optimization techniques: classification, discriminant analysis, (generalized) additive models, boosting, regression trees, regularized regression, principal components, support vector machines, and (deep) neural networks.