Data Science (B.A.)

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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 330 - Machine Learning (4)
CPS 352 - Database Systems (4)
CPS 403 - Computers and Society (4)
MAT 228 - Logic, Sets, and Structures (2)
MAT 229 - Proofs, Functions and Complexity (2)
MAT 232 - Linear Algebra (4)

Statistics

One of the following statistics courses.

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

Suggested coursework

Students looking to apply data science in a particular field should work with their advisor to identify additional courses and may elect to declare a minor or second major.