About the Program:

The Department of Statistics and planning at Somali National University seeks to advance statistical methodology and theory by thinking hard about novel and complex applied problems. By solving challenging problems in many areas of science, social science, humanities and technology, and then generalizing them into broadly applicable statistical techniques.

The department offers a career-focused statistics undergraduate minor that emphasizes theoretical and applied principles of statistics and proficiency in using statistical software for data analysis.

The Department offers a full range of courses in Economics, planning, and theoretical and applied statistics.  Students concentrating in Statistics and planning acquire the conceptual, computational, and mathematical tools for quantifying uncertainty and making sense of complex data arising from many applications.

Objectives

• Deliver a high-quality statistics program for our majors and minors that prepares them for either the workplace or further study in graduate programs;
• Offer service courses for the university that meet the needs of the various majors and enhance the statistical literacy of the students;
• Support continued growth of Statistics faculty members as teacher-scholars. To contribute to the theoretical and applied development of the field through scholarly research in core areas of statistical theory and probability and publications in leading professional journals.
• To contribute to the development of new statistical methodology to address substantive problems and to promote the use of these methods through publications in both statistics and subject-matter journals.

Mission:

The mission of the Department of Statistics is to contribute to the overall objectives of the Somali National University through excellence in research and education in the Statistical Sciences and through service to the university community, statistical profession, and society at large.

The proliferation of quantitative information in society demands that we help to develop the next generation of statistics professionals while increasing the statistical literacy of our students and the frequency of collaboration with our institutions.