MATH 3081 — Probability and Statistics
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ADusually offered: fall, spring, summertypical days: M/W/ThBostonTraditional
Focuses on probability theory. Topics include sample space; conditional probability and independence; discrete and continuous probability distributions for one and for several random variables; expectation; variance; special distributions including binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions; law of large numbers; and central limit theorem. Also introduces basic statistical theory including estimation of parameters, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer B 2023 | 2 | 79 | 109 | 72% | 15.0 |
| Fall 2023 | 6 | 266 | 272 | 98% | 1.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 5 | 274 | 283 | 97% | 1.8 |
| Summer A 2024 | 3 | 138 | 146 | 95% | 2.7 |
| Summer B 2024 | 2 | 87 | 108 | 81% | 10.5 |
| Fall 2024 | 6 | 301 | 323 | 93% | 3.7 |
| Spring 2025 | 5 | 294 | 297 | 99% | 0.6 |
| Summer A 2025 | 3 | 102 | 146 | 70% | 14.7 |
| Summer B 2025 | 2 | 78 | 108 | 72% | 15.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 6 | 305 | 321 | 95% | 2.7 |
| Spring 2026 | 5 | 284 | 300 | 95% | 3.2 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 80% · T 19% · W 75% · Th 85% · F 7%
Common patterns: MWR (58% of sections), MTWR (17% of sections), R (11% of sections), M (5% of sections), F (5% of sections), S (2% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Sumi Seo (32% of students) · reviews
- Elizabeth Wilson (22% of students) · reviews
- Hanai Sadaka (17% of students) · reviews
- John Lindhe (12% of students) · reviews
Spring
- John Lindhe (32% of students) · reviews
- Sumi Seo (24% of students) · reviews
- Hanai Sadaka (17% of students) · reviews
- Elizabeth Wilson (8% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- Sumi Seo (39% of students) · reviews
- Marco Rainho (38% of students) · reviews
- Natalia Ptitsyna (14% of students) · reviews
- Elizabeth Wilson (9% of students) · reviews
Summer B
- Lee-Peng Lee (68% of students) · reviews
- Marco Rainho (18% of students) · reviews
- Matthew Webber (14% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
CS 4100, CS 4350, DADS 5200, DS 4400, ECON 2560, ECON 3291, ECON 3410, ECON 3413, ECON 3416, ECON 4640, ECON 4681, ECON 4692, ECON 4970, EECE 5554, EECE 5612, EECE 5614, EECE 5626, EECE 5644, EECE 5645, EECE 5665, EEMB 3465, FINA 3740, FINA 3750, IE 3500, IE 4510, IE 4516, IE 4520, IE 4522, IE 4525, IE 4625, IE 5200, IE 5500, MATH 4025, MATH 4581, MATH 4681, MATH 4682, MATH 4970, ME 5554, MISM 3202, MISM 3515, MISM 3525, MISM 4501, MKTG 3401, MKTG 3601, PHTH 4202, PSYC 4540
Courses that list MATH 3081 in their prerequisites.
Links
Official catalog (MATH course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All MATH courses · Plan it at numap.app