Data Science (B.S.)

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Students majoring in data science must complete the following courses, with no grade below C-minus in any course required for the major.

Required Courses

DSC 110 - Thinking with Data (4)
DSC 210 - Data Wrangling (4)
DSC 211 - Modeling and Visualization (4)
DSC 391 - Junior Seminar (1)
DSC 440 - Data Science Project (4) (or approved 4-credit internship)
CPS 121 - Introduction to Programming (4)
CPS 122 - Object-Oriented Software Development (4)
CPS 221 - Software Systems (4)
CPS 330 - Machine Learning (4)
CPS 352 - Database Systems (4)
CPS 403 - Computers and Society (4)
MAT 121 - Calculus I (4)
MAT 230 - Discrete Mathematics (4)
MAT 232 - Linear Algebra (4)

Statistics

One of the following statistics courses. MAT 319 Statistics may not be used to fulfill both the statistics requirement and an elective requirement.

ECB 211 - Statistics in Business and Economics (4)
MAT 220 - Biostatistics (4)
MAT 319 - Statistics (4)
PSY 256 - Research Methods I (4)

Electives

8 credits with at least 4 credits outside of the mathematics and computer science department.
MAT 319 Statistics may not be used to fulfill both the statistics requirement and an elective requirement.

CPS 222 - Data Structures and Algorithms (4)
MAT 318 - Probability (4)
MAT 319 - Statistics (4)
MAT 342 - Numerical Analysis (4)
ART 110 - Design Concepts and Technologies (4)
BIO 440 - Advanced Techniques in Ecology (2 or 4) and BIO 441 - Advanced Techniques in Ecology Lab (2)
ECB 313 - Econometrics (4)
ENG 210 - Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing (4)