Data Science (BS)

Requirements for the Data Science Major (Bachelor of Science) (44 semester hours)

Required Core (32 semester hours)

• course Differential Calculus with Precalculus (4)

• course Introduction to Programming with Python (4)

• course Python for Data Science (4)

• course Introduction to Data Science (4)

• course Statistics for Data Science (4)

• course Models and Machine Learning (4) or course Machine Learning with Python (4)

• course Math for Data Scientists (4)

• course Data Management with SQL (4)

• course Ethics, Teamwork, and Communication 

Electives (12 semester hours)

Twelve hours of electives at any level chosen from classes in the CS or DATA subjects or from the following approved list, but a maximum of 4 semester hours in the CS subject:

• course Biostatistics (4)

• course Bioinformatics (4)

• course Experimental Techniques in Chemistry (4) and course Experimental Techniques in Chemistry Lab (1)

• course Introduction to Econometrics and Forecasting (4)

• course Geographic Information Systems (4)

• course Research in Spatial Science (4)

• course Differential Equations with Linear Algebra (4)

• course Probability and Statistics (4)

• course Linear Algebra (4)

• course Topics in Mathematics: Probability Theory (topic dependent) (4)

• course Public Health Epidemiology (4)

• course Advanced Data Analysis and Simulation (ADAS) (4)