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DSCI 205: Business Statistics
Statistical methods used in business research, analysis and decision making; preparation and presentation of data, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, statistical inference, regression and correlation.
Offered in 26 of the 26 listed terms (Winter 2021 to Spring 2027).
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Prerequisites
MATH 156 or MATH 114 or MATH 118 or MATH 124 or MATH 138 or MATH 157 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 4 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 2 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 148 or Pre-Calculus 1 (PC1), score 1.70 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 2 or Pre-Calculus (PC), score 1.70 or Pre-Calculus 2 (PC2), score 1.70 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 65
Prerequisite tree
Each course's own prerequisites, down to the first courses in the chain.
- MATH 156 Algebra With Applications to Business and Economics
requires MPT General - Scaled Score, score 152 or MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 143 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 55 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 3 or College Algebra (CA), score 1.70 or Pre-Calculus 1 (PC1), score 1.70 or MATH 112- MATH 112 Functions and Algebraic Methods
requires MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 143 or MATH 099 (minimum grade YP) or College Algebra (CA), score 1.70 or Intermediate Algebra (IA), score 1.70 or MPT General - Scaled Score, score 148 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 35 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 2 or MATH 197C (minimum grade S) or MATH 109 (minimum grade S)
- MATH 112 Functions and Algebraic Methods
- MATH 114 Precalculus I
requires MPT General - Scaled Score, score 153 or MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 143 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 55 or MATH 112 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 3 or College Algebra (CA), score 1.70 or Pre-Calculus 1 (PC1), score 1.70- MATH 112 Functions and Algebraic Methods (shown above)
- MATH 118 Accelerated Precalculus
requires MPT General - Scaled Score, score 158 or MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 149 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 4 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 2 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 2 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 70 - MATH 124 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
requires MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 153 or MATH 115 or MATH 118 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 5 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 2 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 2 or Pre-Calculus 2 (PC2), score 2.30 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 80 - MATH 138 Accelerated Calculus
requires Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 4 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 4 or (Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 2 and Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 3) - MATH 157 Calculus with Applications to Business and Economics
requires MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 148 or MATH 156 or MATH 114 or MATH 118 or Pre-Calculus 2 (PC2), score 2.30 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 65 or Pre-Calculus 1 (PC1), score 2.3 or Pre-Calculus (PC), score 2.3 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 4 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 2 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 2
From Banner's catalog for Spring 2027. Banner lists only the requisites it enforces, so check the catalog entry too.
Required by (10)
ACCT 331, DSCI 305, ECON 375, ECON 430, ECON 465, ECON 484, ENRG 484, FIN 341, MATH 246, OPS 360
What it leads to
Courses that list it as a prerequisite, then the courses that list those, 2 levels deep.
- ACCT 331 Cost Management
- DSCI 305 Applied Business Statistics and Analytics
- DSCI 405 Simulation Models for Decision Making (continues on its page)
- DSCI 407 Predictive Analytics for Business
- FIN 446 Derivatives Markets
- FIN 448 Portfolio Analysis and Management
- FIN 449 Cases in Financial Management
- MIS 434 Applied Text Analytics for Business (continues on its page)
- MKTG 481 Marketing Analytics
- ECON 375 Introduction to Econometrics
- DSCI 407 Predictive Analytics for Business (shown above)
- ECON 406 Topics in Microeconomics
- ECON 407 Topics in Macroeconomics
- ECON 410 Benefit-Cost Analysis
- ECON 411 Monetary Economics
- ECON 445 Economics of Education
- ECON 462 International Trade
- ECON 470 Economic Fluctuations and Forecasting (continues on its page)
- ECON 475 Econometrics (continues on its page)
- ECON 483 Resource Economics
- ECON 495 Seminar in Applied Econometrics
- FIN 446 Derivatives Markets (shown above)
- FIN 448 Portfolio Analysis and Management (shown above)
- FIN 449 Cases in Financial Management (shown above)
- MATH 343 Statistical Methods II (continues on its page)
- MATH 444 Categorical Data Analysis (continues on its page)
- MATH 446 Nonparametric Statistical Inference (continues on its page)
- MIS 434 Applied Text Analytics for Business (shown above)
- ECON 430 Experimental Economics
- ECON 465 Development Economics
- ECON 484 Clean Energy Economics
- ENRG 484 Clean Energy Economics
- FIN 341 Principles of Finance
- ACCT 488 Business Valuation
- FIN 345 Real Estate (continues on its page)
- FIN 440 Investments (continues on its page)
- FIN 441 Intermediate Financial Management (continues on its page)
- FIN 442 Multinational Corporate Finance
- FIN 443 Topics in Finance
- FIN 444 Financial Institutions and Markets (continues on its page)
- FIN 450 Financial Analytics
- FIN 454 Risk Management and Insurance
- MGMT 491 Small Business Entrepreneurship (continues on its page)
- MGMT 495 Strategic Management
- MATH 246 Introduction to R software
- OPS 360 Operations Management
- MFGE 497C Fundamentals of Industrial & Systems Engineering
- MGMT 491 Small Business Entrepreneurship (shown above)
- MGMT 495 Strategic Management (shown above)
- OPS 367 Management of Service Operations
- OPS 455 Environmental, Social and Governance Strategies for Operations and Supply Chain Management
- OPS 460 Designing and Improving Lean Operations
- OPS 461 Project Management (continues on its page)
- OPS 462 Management Science with Spreadsheets
- OPS 463 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (continues on its page)
- OPS 464 Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Practicum (continues on its page)
- OPS 465 Quality Management
- OPS 466 Supply Chain Management and Procurement
- OPS 467 Logistics Modeling and Analysis
- OPS 468 Global Supply Chain Strategy
Syllabi and course websites
None listed yet.
Instructors
| Instructor | Sections | Terms |
|---|---|---|
| Zhang, George | 27 | Winter 2021 to Winter 2027 |
| McClain, Lee | 10 | Spring 2021 to Spring 2025 |
| Morgans, Brian | 8 | Summer 2021 to Spring 2027 |
| Montgomery, John | 1 | Spring 2027 |
Every offering in the listed terms (46 sections)
| Term | Sec | CRN | Type | Meets | Instructor | Enrolled | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | 0 | 20243 | Lecture/Lab | MW 10:00am-11:20am · AH 004 F 10:00am-11:20am · PH 146 | Morgans, Brian | 0/90 | Face to Face Instruction |
| Spring 2027 | 0 | 22934 | Lecture/Lab | TR 8:30am-9:50am · PH 146 F 8:30am-9:50am · PH 146 | Montgomery, John | 0/90 | Face to Face Instruction |
| Winter 2027 | 0 | 10236 | Lecture/Lab | M 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC W 8:30am-9:50am · BH 105 F 8:30am-9:50am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 0/90 | Hybrid |
| Winter 2027 | 0 | 10237 | Lecture/Lab | M 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC W 10:00am-11:20am · BH 105 F 10:00am-11:20am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 0/86 | Hybrid |
| Fall 2026 | 0 | 40263 | Lecture/Lab | M 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC W 8:30am-9:50am · BH 105 F 8:30am-9:50am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 49/90 | Hybrid |
| Fall 2026 | 0 | 40264 | Lecture/Lab | M 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC W 10:00am-11:20am · BH 105 F 10:00am-11:20am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 66/90 | Hybrid |
| Summer 2026 | SOL | 30383 | Lecture/Lab | TBA · ONLINE ASNC | Zhang, George | 35/40 | Distance Instr-OnLine |
| Spring 2026 | 0 | 20260 | Lecture/Lab | MW 10:00am-11:20am · CF 115 F 10:00am-11:20am · CF 115 | Morgans, Brian | 54/90 | Face to Face Instruction |
| Spring 2026 | 0 | 23591 | Lecture/Lab | MW 8:30am-9:50am · PH 146 F 8:30am-9:50am · PH 146 | Morgans, Brian | 30/90 | Face to Face Instruction |
| Winter 2026 | 0 | 10261 | Lecture/Lab | M 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC W 8:30am-9:50am · AH 004 F 8:30am-9:50am · AH 004 | Zhang, George | 29/90 | Hybrid |
| Winter 2026 | 0 | 10262 | Lecture/Lab | M 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC W 10:00am-11:20am · AH 004 F 10:00am-11:20am · AH 004 | Zhang, George | 75/86 | Hybrid |
| Fall 2025 | 0 | 40285 | Lecture/Lab | M 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC W 8:30am-9:50am · BH 105 F 8:30am-9:50am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 63/90 | Hybrid |
| Fall 2025 | 0 | 40286 | Lecture/Lab | M 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC W 10:00am-11:20am · BH 105 F 10:00am-11:20am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 73/90 | Hybrid |
| Summer 2025 | SOL | 30626 | Lecture/Lab | TBA · ONLINE ASNC | Morgans, Brian | 29/30 | Distance Instr-OnLine |
| Spring 2025 | 0 | 20275 | Lecture/Lab | T 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC RF 10:00am-11:20am · AH 004 | McClain, Lee | 46/90 | Hybrid |
| Spring 2025 | 0 | 23584 | Lecture/Lab | T 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC RF 8:30am-9:50am · AH 004 | McClain, Lee | 66/90 | Hybrid |
| Winter 2025 | 0 | 10267 | Lecture/Lab | M 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC WF 8:30am-9:50am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 54/90 | Hybrid |
| Winter 2025 | 0 | 10268 | Lecture/Lab | M 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC WF 10:00am-11:20am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 88/90 | Hybrid |
| Fall 2024 | 0 | 40305 | Lecture/Lab | M 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC WF 8:30am-9:50am · CF 120 | Zhang, George | 50/90 | Hybrid |
| Fall 2024 | 0 | 40306 | Lecture/Lab | M 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC WF 10:00am-11:20am · CF 120 | Zhang, George | 90/90 | Hybrid |
| Summer 2024 | SOL | 30932 | Lecture/Lab | TBA · ONLINE ASNC | Morgans, Brian | 27/35 | Distance Instr-OnLine |
| Spring 2024 | S22 | 20322 | Lecture/Lab | W 10:00am-11:20am · BH 105 F 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC TBA · ONLINE ASNC | McClain, Lee | 82/90 | Hybrid |
| Spring 2024 | S21 | 20321 | Lecture/Lab | W 8:30am-9:50am · BH 105 F 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC TBA · ONLINE ASNC | McClain, Lee | 52/90 | Hybrid |
| Winter 2024 | W02 | 10312 | Lecture/Lab | MF 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC W 10:00am-11:20am · BH 105 | Zhang, George | 75/90 | Hybrid |
| Winter 2024 | W01 | 10311 | Lecture/Lab | MF 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC W 8:30am-9:50am · BH 105 | Zhang, George | 29/90 | Hybrid |
| Fall 2023 | F21 | 40358 | Lecture/Lab | MW 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC F 10:00am-11:20am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 78/90 | Hybrid |
| Fall 2023 | F20 | 40357 | Lecture/Lab | MW 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC F 8:30am-9:50am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 38/90 | Hybrid |
| Summer 2023 | SOL | 30154 | Lecture | TBA · ONLINE ASNC | Morgans, Brian | 22/30 | Distance Instr-OnLine |
| Spring 2023 | S22 | 20329 | Lecture | W 10:00am-11:20am · PH 146 F 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC TBA · ONLINE ASNC | McClain, Lee | 64/90 | Hybrid |
| Spring 2023 | S21 | 20328 | Lecture | W 8:30am-9:50am · PH 146 F 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC TBA · ONLINE ASNC | McClain, Lee | 29/90 | Hybrid |
| Winter 2023 | W02 | 10323 | Lecture | MW 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC F 10:00am-11:20am · FR 102 | Zhang, George | 67/90 | Hybrid |
| Winter 2023 | W01 | 10322 | Lecture | MW 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC F 8:30am-9:50am · FR 102 | Zhang, George | 38/90 | Hybrid |
| Fall 2022 | F21 | 40367 | Lecture | MW 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC F 10:00am-11:20am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 61/90 | Hybrid |
| Fall 2022 | F20 | 40366 | Lecture | MW 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC F 8:30am-9:50am · PH 146 | Zhang, George | 34/90 | Hybrid |
| Summer 2022 | SOL | 30176 | Lecture | TBA · ONLINE ASNC | Morgans, Brian | 23/45 | Distance Instr-OnLine |
| Spring 2022 | S22 | 20352 | Lecture | TBA · ONLINE ASNC | McClain, Lee | 32/90 | Distance Instr-OnLine |
| Spring 2022 | S21 | 20351 | Lecture | TBA · ONLINE ASNC | McClain, Lee | 78/90 | Distance Instr-OnLine |
| Winter 2022 | W02 | 10360 | Lecture | MWF 10:00am-11:20am · ONLINE SYNC TBA · ONLINE ASNC | Zhang, George | 64/90 | Distance Instr-OnLine |
| Winter 2022 | W01 | 10359 | Lecture | MWF 8:30am-9:50am · ONLINE SYNC TBA · ONLINE ASNC | Zhang, George | 35/90 | Distance Instr-OnLine |
| Fall 2021 | F21 | 40405 | Lecture | TBA · REMOTE ASNC | Zhang, George | 50/90 | Face to Face Instruction |
| Fall 2021 | F20 | 40404 | Lecture | TBA · REMOTE ASNC | Zhang, George | 82/90 | Face to Face Instruction |
| Summer 2021 | S01 | 30186 | Lecture | TBA · REMOTE ASNC | Morgans, Brian | 30/45 | Face to Face Instruction |
| Spring 2021 | S22 | 20370 | Lecture | TBA · REMOTE ASNC | McClain, Lee | 31/90 | Face to Face Instruction |
| Spring 2021 | S21 | 20369 | Lecture | TBA · REMOTE ASNC | McClain, Lee | 72/90 | Face to Face Instruction |
| Winter 2021 | W02 | 10381 | Lecture | TBA · REMOTE ASNC | Zhang, George | 54/90 | Face to Face Instruction |
| Winter 2021 | W01 | 10380 | Lecture | TBA · REMOTE ASNC | Zhang, George | 73/90 | Face to Face Instruction |