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MATH 171Stochastic Processes

Mathematics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Discrete Markov chains, continuous-time Markov chains, renewal theory.

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Requisites

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Requisites: courses 33A, 170E (or 170A or Statistics 100A).

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  • MATH 33A
  • one of
    • MATH 170E
    • MATH 170A
    • STATS 100A

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MATH 171

  • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
    • MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
      • MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students1 more beneath
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus1 more beneath
    • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  • MATH 170AProbability Theory I
    • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
    • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applicationsanother path to it
    • MATH 131AAnalysis
      • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
      • MATH 33BDifferential Equations
  • STATS 100AIntroduction to Probability
    • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
    • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applicationsanother path to it
  • MATH 170EIntroduction to Probability and Statistics 1: Probability
    • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it

4 direct requisites. Showing 20 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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MATH 171

  • EPS SCI 205Inverse Theory and Data Interpretation

1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.