Data Science Major

Requirements for the Major

Requirements:

MAT 130	Introduction to Statistics	3
MAT 165	Modern Calculus-I	3
CSC 170	Programming and Problem Solving	4
DSC 230	Statistical Modeling	3
DSC 270	Data Manipulation	4
DSC 280	Data Visualization	3
DSC 340	Applied Machine Learning	3
DSC 500	Data Science Capstone	3

Three additional electives:

Electives courses include any DSC 300+ courses not listed above, as well as the courses listed below. At least 2 of the 3 elective courses must be DSC courses. Note that all of the non-DSC electives do have prerequisites and would be appropriate for those double majoring in another discipline.

 

Additional Electives:

ANT 360	GIS and the Environment	3
BIO 390	Biostatistics	3
BIO 392	Bioinformatics and Genomics	4
CSC 362	Database Systems	3
CSC 372	Artificial Intelligence	3
ECO 392	Economic Forecasting	3
ECO 395	Empirical Analysis in Economics and Finance	3
MAT 310	Probability Theory	3