Track - Data Science

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Data Science Track

Completing the Data Science track will help you to identify and formulate key business challenges, collect and manage data from a variety of sources, select effective analytical techniques to identify solutions, and communicate results in a clear and creative way, harnessing the power of data in decision making. Data scientists are in high demand in a wide range of industries, including information technology, finance, healthcare, insurance, energy, transportation, manufacturing, telecommunications and more.

**Course offering frequency subject to change**

Degree Core Requirements

COP 5090 - Scientific Computation and Programming Credits: 3
COP 5727 - Advanced Database Systems Design Credits: 3
Thesis/Project:
IDS 5970 - Thesis 1 Credits: 3
IDS 5975 - Thesis 2 Credits: 3
OR
IDS 5950 - Project Credits: 3
Students that plan to complete IDS 5950 Project, must take an additional track elective.

Data Science Track

CAP 5320 - Data Wrangling and Exploratory Data Analysis Credits: 3
CAP 5771 - Data Mining & Text Mining Credits: 3

Data Science Track Electives

Students may choose from these or from the computer science track electives per Advisor/Department Chair permission.

QMB 5565 - Quantitative Empirical Research Methods Credits: 3
CAP 5775 - Data Warehousing Credits: 3
ESI 5315 - Optimization and Simulation Credits: 3
CAP 4410 - Computer Vision Credits: 3
CAP 5634 - Advanced Artificial Intelligence Credits: 3
CAP 5735 - Data Visualization and Reproducible Research Credits: 3
CAP 5765 - Computational Data Analysis Credits: 3
CAP 4613 - Applied Deep Learning Credits: 3
CAP 4786 - Topics in Big Data Analytics Credits: 3
STA 4853 - Time Series Analysis for Business, Data Science, and Economics Credits:
CNT 4403 - Data Security Credits: 3
OR Selected DSBA Concentration Courses (requires Department Chair approval) Credits: 3

Plan of Study - Data Science Track

Data Science (30)

Fall 1 (9)

COP 5727 - Advanced Database Systems Design Credits: 3
COP 5090 - Scientific Computation and Programming Credits: 3
CAP 5771 - Data Mining & Text Mining Credits: 3

Spring 1 (9)

CAP 5320 - Data Wrangling and Exploratory Data Analysis Credits: 3
Data Science Program Elective Credits: 3
Data Science Program Elective Credits: 3

Fall 2 (9)

Data Science Program Elective Credits: 3
Data Science Program Elective Credits: 3

Choose one of the following:

Data Science Program Elective Credits: 3

IDS 5970 - Thesis 1 Credits: 3

Spring 2 (3)

Choose one of the following:
IDS 5975 - Thesis 2 Credits: 3
OR
IDS 5950 - Project Credits: 3