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design with two or more treatments, hierarchical designs, split-plot and confounded factorial designs, and analysis of covariance.
STAT 517 - (3) (O)
Applied Time Series
Prerequisite: MATH 312 or 510, or instructor
permission; corequisite: STAT 598.
Studies the basic time series models in both
the time domain (ARMA models) and the frequency domain (spectral models). Emphasizes application to real data sets.
STAT 518 - (3) (SI)
Numerical Methods in Statistics
Prerequisite: MATH 351 and knowledge of a
programming language suitable for scientific
computation, or instructor permission.
Studies selected topics in linear algebra and
related numerical algorithms of special
importance in statistics, including linear
least-squares, eigenvalues and eigenvectors,
QR decomposition, singular value decomposition, and generalized matrix inverses.
STAT 519 - (3) (Y)
Introduction to Mathematical Statistics
Prerequisite: MATH 312 or 510, or instructor
permission.
Studies the fundamentals of statistical distribution theory, moments, transformations of
random variables, point estimation, hypothesis testing, confidence regions.
STAT 520 - (3) (O)
Design and Analysis of Sample Surveys
Prerequisite: STAT 112 or MATH 312, and
graduate standing or instructor permission.
Discusses the main designs and estimation
techniques used in sample surveys, including
simple random sampling, stratification, cluster
sampling, double sampling, post-stratification,
ratio estimation. Non-response problems and
measurement errors are also discussed. Many
properties of sample surveys are developed
through simulation procedures. The SUDAAN
computer package for analyzing sample surveys is used. Students who have received credit
for STAT 313 may not take STAT 520 for credit.
STAT 531 - (3) (Y)
Clinical Trials Methodology
Prerequisite: A basic statistics course (MATH
312/510), or instructor permission.
Studies experimental designs for randomized
clinical trials, sources of bias in clinical studies, informed consent, logistics, and interim
monitoring procedures (group sequential and
Bayesian methods).
STAT 598 - (1) (Y)
Applied Statistics Laboratory
Corequisite: A 500-level STAT applied statistics course.
This course, the laboratory component of the
department’s applied statistics program, deals
with the use of computer packages in data
analysis. Enrollment in STAT 598 is required
for all students in the department's 500-level
applied statistics courses (STAT 501, 512, 513,
514, 516, 517, 520). STAT 598 may be taken
repeatedly provided that a student is enrolled
in at least one of these 500-level applied
courses. However, no more than one unit of
STAT 598 may be taken in any semester.
STAT 599 - (3) (IR)
Topics in Statistics
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Studies topics in statistics that are not part of
the regular course offerings.
Studies in Women and Gender
Program
P.O. Box 400172
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4172
Phone: (434) 982-2961
Fax: (434) 924-6969
www.virginia.edu/~womenst/home.htm
Overview Studies in Women and Gender is
an interdisciplinary program that seeks to
analyze history and culture from women’s
perspectives and to deepen the methods of
academic pursuit by acknowledging the critical place of gender. By examining issues
raised in the program, students develop a
fuller sense of their options as human beings,
living as we do in a culture divided by gender
stereotyping that defines and limits both
women and men. Offering a critical perspective, this program encourages a reexamination of traditional methods and concepts,
supports new kinds of research, and allows
students to better understand the changing
roles and behavior of women and men in the
contemporary world.
The program seeks to continue integrating
the categories “gender” and “woman” into the
curriculum by offering an ever-widening
range of courses in all disciplines with a specific goal of broadening representation in traditionally under-represented fields of science
and in new scholarly endeavors of modern
media and film studies.
Currently, the program is offering thirtyfive primary courses and twenty adjunct
courses through a total of seventeen departments and programs, including: African
American Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Asian And Middle Eastern Languages
and Cultures, Drama, English, French, German, Government and Foreign Affairs, History, Music, Nursing, Philosophy, Psychology,
Religious Studies, Slavic, and Sociology.
Faculty The Studies in Women and Gender
Program has three joint appointments: the
Director, Ann J. Lane, with the Department
of History; Farzaneh Milani, with the Division of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages
and Literatures; and Sharon Hays, with the
Department of Sociology. Together with the
many other faculty whose courses are crosslisted, they represent a range of scholarly
and teaching interests that explore gender
and women’s issues from various disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Aside from regular advising activities, faculty members meet with majors and minors
at formal programs, as well as at frequent
informal luncheons and discussions.
Students There are currently twenty-nine
studies in women and gender majors and
nineteen minors. Many students choose a
second major, and English, anthropology,
and religious studies are among the most preferred. Non-majors and minors are also
encouraged to explore the program’s courses
to enrich their other academic interests.
Requirements for Major Three interdisciplinary courses: SWAG 210, the introductory course; SWAG 381, a course in feminist
theory and methods; and SWAG 405, a senior
seminar. A total of eleven courses, which
include the three required courses, from at
least three departments. Of the total, three
must be from the humanities, three in the
social sciences. Of the total, 9 courses must be
at the 300 or 400 level. One Studies in
Women and Gender course must focus on
non-Western cultures. A graduating major
must have 6 courses in a single department,
though they need not all be Studies in
Women and Gender. Two independent reading courses and two adjunct courses can be
counted toward the major.
Distinguished Majors Program Majors
in Studies in Women and Gender with a
strong academic record are encouraged to
become Distinguished Majors. Distinguished
Majors complete a two semester written thesis (approximately 40 60 in length) in their
fourth year under the supervision of a faculty
member. The thesis allows students to pursue their own interests in depth and have the
intellectual satisfaction of defining and completing a sustained project.
To be eligible, students must have a 3.45
overall GPA at the start of their fourth year.
Students pursuing the Senior Thesis will sign
up for a 6 credit course, SWAG 491 and 492,
under the supervision of a chosen faculty
member. The thesis must also be approved
by a second faculty member who the student
will choose in consultation with the thesis
advisor.
Requirements for Minor Three interdisciplinary courses: SWAG 210, the introductory course; SWAG 381, a course in feminist
theory and methods, and SWAG 405, the senior seminar. A total of seven courses from a
least three departments. Four of the required
courses at or above the 300 level. One independent readings course and one adjunct
course may be counted toward the minor.
Additional Information For more information, contact Ann J. Lane, Studies in
Women and Gender Program, University of
Virginia P. O. Box 400172, Charlottesville, VA
22904-4127; (434) 982-2961; Fax: (434) 9246969; [email protected]; www.virginia.edu/
~womenst/home.htm.
Approved Studies in Women and
Gender Courses
The program produces a list of approved
studies in women and gender courses each
semester.