Many of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science courses are restricted to majors including actuarial science, data science, and statistics through April 29, 2023.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

If you want to add a fall 2023 course, you can do so when your registration window opens on MyUI. If the class you want to add is full, add your name to the waiting list. 

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When emailing include:

  • Students full name
  • Student ID number or HawkID
  • The course number and section number you want to add
  • Send to: statistics@uiowa.edu

The following courses are restricted to majors (statistics, actuarial science, and data science).

  • ACTS:4130 QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR ACTUARIES (3 s.h.)
  • DATA:4880 DATA SCIENCE CREATIVE COMPONENT (2 s.h.)
  • DATA:4890 DATA SCIENCE PRACTICUM (2 s.h.)
  • STAT:4560 STATISTICS FOR RISK MODELING ( 3 s.h.)
  • STAT:5090 ALPHA Seminar (1 s.h.)

Restricted to majors during Early Registration only (restriction will be removed on April 29)—

  • STAT:3100:0001 INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS (3 s.h.) 
  • STAT:3200:0001 APPLIED LINEAR REGRESSION (3 s.h.)
  • STAT:5100 STATISTICAL INFERENCE I (3 s.h.)
  • STAT:5200 APPLIED STATISTICS I (4 s.h.)

Restricted to new first-year undergraduates who are Honors Program members:

  • STAT:1000 FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR  (1 s.h.)

If you are an undergraduate and need to take a course over the 5000 level, you will need special permission. Please double-check to be sure you have met the prerequisites. Email statistics@uiowa.edu and include:

  • Students full name
  • Student ID number or HawkID
  • The course number and section number you want to add
  • Send to: statistics@uiowa.edu

Are you an undergraduate needing to meet with your advisor?

Corporate Finance Information:

For actuarial science majors, ACTS:3080 serves as a pre-requisite for FIN:3300; there is no need to take FIN:3000. 

FIN:3300 satisfies the SOA VEE corporate finance requirement.  It is also a course required for Honors in Actuarial Science.To register into FIN:3300 Corporate Finance all Actuarial Science Students (MS and Undergraduates) will need to request permission by submitting a form located on the website (below). This is required for all non-business students wanting to enroll in Tippie College of Business courses.  

When completing the form:

  • For the question, "I have checked the course prerequisites on MYUI and I have met them"  say Yes.  The College will waive the prerequisites for Actuarial Science majors.
  • Permission to enroll will be applied on the second Monday of early registration, which will be April 17, 2023, for this semester.
  • Note: Replies or decisions will not be sent to non-University of Iowa email accounts! 
  • Actuarial Science Interest Students are not given special permission to register for Corporate Finance, so if you need this class be sure to apply to our program for official admission to the major.. 

Questions and/or follow-up should be directed to Mike Schluckebier in the Tippie College of Business at michael-schluckebier@uiowa.edu

Many of our courses are co-listed with the Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations.  

We cannot help you gain permission to add:

  • Introduction to Statistical Methods (PSQF:4143) (STAT:4143)  
  • Intermediate Statistical Methods (PSQF:6243) (STAT:6513)  

Please contact Psych & Quant to receive permission:  jonathan-templin@uiowa.edu

Many of our courses are co-listed with the Department of Biostatistics (College of Public Health).  

Stat undergrads wanting to take BIOS:5310 (co-listed as IGPI:5310 and STAT:5810) need to email terry-kirk@uiowa.edu with their student ID and she will give them permission to register.