Data Science Minor: 29 units

Offered by: College of Science, Computer Science Department

Minor Required

Minor Electives

The minor in Data Science (DS) from the Department of Computer Science is open to all undergraduates in any major (including CS majors). The program offers a core foundation in data science and trains students in competencies to work with relevant computational and statistical models, techniques and tools. In addition to course work, students will also complete a two-semester capstone project which must have a focus on data science.

Minor Required: 20 units

CS 1260 - Python for Beginners (3) or
CS 2520 - Python for Programmers (3)
CS 2410 - Fundamentals of Data Science (3) or
CS 3010 - Numerical Methods and Computing (3)
CS 4210 - Machine Learning and Its Applications (3)
CS 4610 - Senior Project (1)
CS 4620 - Senior Project (1)
CS 4650 - Big Data Analytics and Cloud Computing (3)
MAT 1050 - College Algebra (3) [GE 2] or
MAT 1140 - Calculus I (4) [GE 2]
STA 1200 - Statistics with Applications (3) [GE 2] or
STA 1300 - Biostatistics (3) [GE 2] or
STA 2100 - Introduction to Statistics (4) or
STA 2260 - Probability and Statistics for Computer Scientists and Engineers (3)

Minor Electives: 9 units

Select 9 units from the following list; in addition, CS 4990 courses with topics emphasizing state-of-the-art data science related topics may be used with department approval:

CE 4331 - GIS Applications in Engineering and Remote Sensing (2) and
CE 4331L - GIS Applications in Engineering and Remote Sensing Laboratory (1)
CIS 3252W - Business Intelligence (3)
CIS 3454 - Data Warehousing (3)
CIS 3650 - Web and Mobile Analytics (3)
CIS 4230 - Artificial Intelligence Applications in Business (3)
CIS 4321 - Data Mining (3)
CIS 4567 - Big Data Analytics (3)
CIS 4680 - Natural Language Processing and Time Series Analysis with Artificial Intelligence (3)
CS 4200 - Artificial Intelligence (3)
CS 4230 - Social Computing (3)
CS 4250 - Web Search and Recommender Systems (3)
CS 4350 - Database Systems (3)
CS 4440 - Data Mining (3)
CS 4680 - Prompt Engineering (3)
IME 4140 - Data Analysis: Application in Industrial and Systems Engineering (3)
GEO 3220 - GIS Programing (2) and
GEO 3220L - GIS Programing Laboratory (1)
GEO 4050W - Geodemographics with Geographic Information Systems (2) and
GEO 4050LW - Geodemographics with GIS Laboratory (1)
GEO 4100 - Remote Sensing of the Environment (2) and
GEO 4100L - Remote Sensing of the Environment Laboratory (1)
GEO 4400 - Advanced GIS (2) and
GEO 4400L - Advanced GIS Laboratory (1)
GEO 4430W - Geospatial Data Analysis (2) and
GEO 4430LW - Geospatial Data Analysis Laboratory (1)
STA 4320 - Applied Regression Analysis (4)
STA 4700 - Categorical Data Analysis (3)
TOM 3160 - Business Analytics (3)