SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Preparation For Doctoral Studies | |
| Structure the academic foundation and graduate experience to provide the academic foundation needed to pursue the study of statistics at the doctoral level. Associated Goals: Professional Preparation |
| Indicator | Entry Into Graduate Programs Students who receive the MS by following a departmental MS curriculum that is in agreement with recommendations from the American Statistical Association and who also meet requirements for entry into a doctoral program. |
| Criteria | Pursuit of a Doctorate Graduates with the MS in Statistics who seek a doctoral degree are successful in doing so with an overall graduate pool success rate of 100%. |
| Finding | Students Seeking the Doctoral Degress Of the students completing the MS in Statistics, 12 sought the doctorate degree at other institutions. Of these, 4 have completed the Ph.D., 6 are actively pursuing the Ph.D., and 2 withdrew and took jobs in industry. |
| Action | Increase Faculty Support Base Increased statistics faculty workloads due to increases in graduate students seeking the MS in statistics dictates the need for additional statistics faculty; the action to meet this demand is in progress. |
| Objective | Preparation For Graduate Minor | |
| Structure the academic foundation and graduate experience to provide opportunity for the study of statistics at the graduate level by students whose primary area of specialization is a field in which applications of statistics are appropriate. Associated Goals: Professional Preparation |
| Indicator | Students In Minor Students who complete the departmental requirements for a graduate minor in statistics based on curriculum recommendations for the minor from the American Statistical Association. |
| Criteria | ASA Criteria SHSU will meet stated ASA criteria for those students choosing statistics as a minor in their master''s program |
| Finding | ASA criteria The department meets the ASA criteria for those students choosing statistics as a minor in their master''s program. |
| Action | ASA criteria Monitor ASA guidelines to ensure continued compliance. |
| Objective | Preparation For Industy | |
| Structure the academic foundation and graduate experience to provide professionally competent statisticians equipped to accept responsibilities in business, industry, and public service positions. Associated Goals: Professional Preparation |
| Indicator | Employment In Industry Students who receive the MS by following a departmental MS curriculum that is in agreement with recommendations from the American Statistical Association and who are pursued by industrial firms. |
| Criteria | Industrial Employment Graduates with the MS in Statistics who seek employment in industry are employed and are successful with an overall graduate pool success rate of 100%. |
| Finding | Findings Based on Employment in Industry For the 53 graduates who have completed the MS in statistics, 41 sought employment in industry and the employment success rate for these 41 was 100%. |
| Action | Seek Support to Increase TA Support The need for TA positions to support the MS Program in Statistics exceeds those available; means and methods for obtaining additional TA positions are being sought. |