| Lecture | Topic(s) | Reference | Dates | Homework / Remarks |
| 1 | Course overview, Introduction | FPP | Jan 11 | |
| 2 | Descriptive statistics | FPP | Jan 13 | Problem Set 1 |
| 3 | Design of experiments | FPP | Jan 18 | |
| 4 | Probability, counting, conditional probability | Wasserman, FPP | Jan 20 | |
| 5 | Independence, Bayes theorem and its applications | Wasserman, FPP | Jan 25 | Problem Set 2 |
| 6 | Random variables, Common discrete and continuous random variables | Wasserman, FPP | Jan 27 | Problem Set 3 |
| 7 | Expectation, Moment generating functions | Wasserman | Feb 1 | |
| 8 | Multivariate distributions, marginals, memorylessness | Wasserman | Feb 3 | Problem Set 4 |
| 9 | Probability inequalities, convergence of random variables | Wasserman | Feb 8 | |
| 10 | WLLN, CLT | Wasserman | Feb 10 | Problem Set 5, Quiz 1 |
| 11 | Correlation | FPP ch. 8, 9 | Feb 15 | |
| 12 | Regression | FPP | Feb 17 | |
| 13 | Mid Term examination | Feb 18-24 | ||
| 14 | Regression | FPP | Mar 1 | Problem Set 6 |
| 15 | Sampling, Errors in sampling | FPP | Mar 3 | |
| 16 | Confidence intervals | FPP, Wasserman | Mar 10 | Problem Set 7 |
| 17 | Chance models | FPP | Mar 15 | |
| 18 | Hypothesis testing, t-test | Wasserman, FPP | Mar 17 | Project proposal due by March 19 |
| 19 | Tests for averages | Wasserman, FPP | Mar 22 | |
| 20 | Chi-square test | FPP | Mar 24 | Problem Set 8 |
| 21 | Markov chains | Wasserman | Mar 29 | |
| 22 | Monte Carlo Simulation | Wasserman | Mar 31 | |
| 23 | Statistical learning | JWHT | Apr 5 | |
| 24 | Linear regression, Multiple linear regression | JWHT | Apr 7 | |
| 25 | Perceptron, Logistic regression | JWHT | Apr 12 | Project due Quiz 2 |
| 26 | LDA | JWHT | Apr 14 | |
| Final examination week start | Apr 29 |