STATS 208 · STAT 208Statistical Learning Theory
Statistics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Introduction to theoretical analysis of machine learning methods, with emphasis on prediction problems.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
STATS 208
- STATS 231BMethods of Machine Learning
- STATS 213Synthetic Data Generation
- STATS 231CTheories of Machine Learning
- STATS C263Generative Data Science
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 4 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.