Minor Requirements

18 credits:

• DATA 200 Introduction to Data Science (3)  
• DATA 210 Exploratory Data Analysis (3)  
• DATA 220 Machine Learning Models (3)  

Choose three courses from the following list of electives:

• CMSCI 120 - Introduction to Computer Science I Credits: (3)
• CMSCI 125 - Introduction to Computer Science II Credits: (3)
• CMSCI 349 - Software Engineering Credits: (3)
• CMSCI 449 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Credits: (3)
• CMSCI 359 - Database Management Systems Credits: (3)
• DATA 201 - Special Topics in Data Science Credits: (1)
• MATH 364 - Linear Algebra Credits: (3)
• MATH 387 - Probability Credits: (3)
• MATH 388 - Operations Research Credits: (3)
• MATH 489 - Modeling and Simulation Credits: (3)
• CMSCI 489 - Modeling and Simulation Credits: (3)

• Alternately, students may choose two courses from the elective list and a statistical methods course from the following list:

• BIOL 205 Biostatistics (3)  
• ECON 403 Econometrics (3)  
• BUS 344 Operations and Supply Chain Management (3)  
• PSCI 355 Political Research Methods and Analysis (4)  
• PSYCH 200 Research Methods and Statistics (3)  
• SOC 404 Statistics (4)  

Note

Mathematics majors who minor in data science may not apply MATH 387 Probability (3)  , MATH 388 Operations Research (3)  ,  MATH 489 Modeling and Simulation (3)  /CMSCI 489 Modeling and Simulation (3)  as both mathematics electives and data science electives. They must decide on one or the other.

Similarly, Computer Science majors who minor in data science may not apply CMSCI 359 Database Management Systems (3)  and MATH 489 Modeling and Simulation (3)  /CMSCI 489 Modeling and Simulation (3)  as both computer science electives and data science electives.