Emphasizes the skills needed to analyze market data in fast-paced industries such as manufacturing, financial services, and advertising, and provides the technical training required to engage in consulting. There is also a continued need for quantitative analysis by lawyers, accountants, engineers, health service administrators, urban planners, and local, national, and international government agencies. The concentration prepares students for jobs that entail forecasting, data analysis and quantitative economics, and provides a solid foundation for graduate study in economics and business.
| ECON 440 | Advanced Econometrics | 4 |
| STAT 331 | Statistical Computing with R | 4 |
| Approved Electives: | ||
| Select from the following courses: 1 | 20 | |
| Analytics | ||
| Database Systems in Business | ||
| Marketing Analytics and Business Intelligence | ||
| Computer Applications in Finance | ||
| Decision Support Systems | ||
| Econometrics 2 | ||
| Programming for Economics and Analytics 3 | ||
or BUS 392 | Business Application Development | |
or CSC 101 | Fundamentals of Computer Science | |
| Statistics and Decision Analysis | ||
| Applied Forecasting | ||
| Probability Models for Economic Decisions | ||
| Operations Research I | ||
| Operations Research II | ||
| Design and Analysis of Experiments I | ||
| Applied Regression Analysis | ||
| Statistical Computing with SAS | ||
| Statistical Analysis of Time Series | ||
| Applied Multivariate Statistics | ||
| Probability Theory | ||
| Estimation and Sampling Theory | ||
| Mathematical Statistics | ||
| Mathematical Foundations | ||
| Mathematical Economics | ||
| Calculus II | ||
| Calculus III | ||
| Linear Algebra I | ||
| Calculus IV | ||
| Differential Equations I | ||
| Linear Analysis I | ||
| Methods of Proof in Mathematics | ||
| Vector Analysis | ||
| Linear Algebra II | ||
| Linear Analysis II | ||
| Linear Algebra III | ||
| Introduction to Analysis I | ||
| Introduction to Analysis II | ||
| Introduction to Analysis III | ||
| Differential Equations II | ||
| Partial Differential Equations | ||
| Game Theory | ||
| Numerical Analysis I | ||
| Numerical Analysis II | ||
| Numerical Optimization | ||
| Total units | 28 | |
| 1 | Consultation with an advisor is recommended prior to choosing Approved Electives. Courses in Analytics or in Statistics and Decision Analysis provide a focus in analytics. Courses in Statistics and Decision Analysis or in Mathematical Foundations are recommended for students pursuing post-baccalaureate studies. |
| 2 | Economics majors cannot count ECON 339 toward electives in the Quantitative Analysis concentration. |
| 3 | Economics majors cannot count ECON 395 or BUS 392 or CSC 101 toward electives in the Quantitative Analysis concentration. |
San Luis Obispo, California 93407