来自传感器，手机和医疗仪器等设备以及业务流程，调查和社交媒体的数据激增，对接受过数据收集和分析培训的专家的需求不断增长。结果，为了适应对数据驱动决策的日益依赖，统计领域对于学术界，企业和政府将越来越重要。为了满足社会不断增长的数据分析需求，需要统计和数据分析培训人数急剧增加。因此，迫切需要能够适当分析和解释数据的专业人员。对于希望精通统计和数据分析方法的学生，SMU提供了统计科学学士学位和统计科学副学士学位。统计科学理学士学位课程为学生从事数据分析职业做准备。该学位还为学生准备统计学专业的进修课程，例如该
The explosion of data from devices such as sensors, cell phones, and medical instruments, as well as from business processes, surveys, and social media has created an accelerating demand for specialists who are trained in data collection and analysis. As a result, the field of statistics will be increasingly more fundamental to academia, business, and government in order to accommodate the escalating dependence on data-driven decisions. A dramatic increase in the number of people trained in statistics and data analysis is required to fill the ever-increasing data analysis needs of our society. Consequently, professionals who can appropriately analyze and interpret data are in high demand. For students wanting to become proficient in the methods of statistics and data analysis, SMU offers a B.S. in Statistical Science and a Minor in Statistical Science. The Bachelor of Science in Statistical Science prepares students for careers in data analysis. The degree also prepares students for advanced studies in statistical science, such as graduate work in the field or in a related discipline. Because of its interdisciplinary nature and the degree to which data analysis is important to nearly all academic fields of study, Statistical Science is an exciting and valuable double major.