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2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin

STAT 4240 - Introduction to Probability

Credit Hours 3
Cross Listed: MATH 4240
Prerequisite: Math 1920 with a grade of “C” or higher or  permission of instructor
Description: A mathematical introduction to probability; sample spaces; probability functions; counting techniques; conditional probability; independence, total probability and Baye’s rule; discrete and continuous random variables; expectation, median, variance; joint and conditional distributions; moment generating functions; laws of large numbers and the central limit theorem.