# Transfer Preparation Requirements

**Source**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/deciding-on-major/major-preparation-the-college/requirements-for-statistics
**Parent**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/deciding-on-major/major-preparation-the-college

## Major Preparation Requirements

- One introductory course in statistics
- One and a half years of calculus through multivariable
- Applicants for Fall 2026 and later must also complete linear algebra

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**NOTE:** Only approved statistics courses can satisfy the major requirement (see [ASSIST](https://assist.org/) articulation agreement by major). If your school does NOT offer an approved course, you must still complete one transferable statistics course to be considered for this major.

## More Information

- [More information about this major](https://newstudents.ucla.edu/studyarea/?id=299)
- [Department homepage](https://statistics.ucla.edu/)

\* This major is highly selective. Demand for this major significantly exceeds space available.

\* Students are classified as Pre-Statistics until lower-division preparation courses are completed at UCLA.

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