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Data Science Requirements

The Bachelor of Science with a major in data science requires a minimum of 120 s.h., including at least 59 s.h. of work for the major. Students must maintain a g.p.a. of at least 2.00 in all courses for the major and in all UI courses for the major. They also must complete the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences GE CLAS Core. 

Note: Data science majors may not earn a major or minor in computer science or statistics, a major in computer science and engineering, or the Certificate in Social Science Analytics.

The B.S. with a major in data science requires the following coursework.

Course List
Code Title Hours
Prerequisite Courses 12-16
Core Courses 26
Advanced Courses 9
Advanced Electives 9
Capstone Courses 3
Total Hours 59-63

Prerequisite Courses

Students choose one of the following sequences.

Course List
Code Title Hours
These:  
MATH:1550 Engineering Mathematics I: Single Variable Calculus 4
MATH:1560 Engineering Mathematics II: Multivariable Calculus 4
MATH:2700 Introduction to Linear Algebra 4
Or these:  
MATH:1850 Calculus I 4
MATH:1860 Calculus II 4
MATH:2700 Introduction to Linear Algebra 4
MATH:2850 Calculus III 4

Core Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
All of these:  
CS:1210 Computer Science I: Fundamentals 4
CS:2210 Discrete Structures 3
CS:2230 Computer Science II: Data Structures 4
CS:3330 Algorithms 3
STAT:2010 Statistical Methods and Computing 3
STAT:3100/IGPI:3100 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics I 3
STAT:3101/IGPI:3101 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics II 3
STAT:3200/IGPI:3200/ISE:3760 Applied Linear Regression 3

Advanced Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
Both of these:  
CS:4400 Database Systems 3
STAT:4580/IGPI:4580 Data Visualization and Data Technologies 3
One of these:  
CS:5430 Machine Learning 3
STAT:4540/IGPI:4540 Statistical Learning 3

Advanced Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Three of these, with at least one computer science course and one statistics course:  
CS:4440 Web Mining 3
CS:4470 Health Data Analytics 3
CS:4700/MATH:4860 High Performance and Parallel Computing 3
CS:5630 Cloud Computing Technology 3
STAT:3210 Experimental Design and Analysis 3
STAT:4520/IGPI:4522/PSQF:4520 Bayesian Statistics 3
STAT:4560 Statistics for Risk Modeling 3
STAT:5810/BIOS:5310/IGPI:5310 Research Data Management 3
Other advanced computer science or statistics courses approved by advisor  

Capstone Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
Both of these:  
STAT:4880 Data Science Creative Component 1
STAT:4890 Data Science Practicum 2