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Data Science and Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, BS

2021-2022 Edition

  • Undergraduate
    • Admission
    • Information for Entering Students
    • College Expenses
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    • University Academics
    • College of Arts, Media and Design
    • D'Amore-​McKim School of Business
    • Khoury College of Computer Sciences
      • Computer Science
      • Cybersecurity
      • Data Science
      • Khoury Combined Majors
        • Chemical Engineering and Computer Science, BSChE
        • Civil Engineering and Computer Science, BSCE
        • Computer Engineering and Computer Science, BSCmpE
        • Computer Science and Behavioral Neuroscience, BS
        • Computer Science and Biology, BS
        • Computer Science and Business Administration, BS
        • Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology, BS
        • Computer Science and Communication Studies, BS
        • Computer Science and Criminal Justice, BS
        • Computer Science and Design, BS
        • Computer Science and Economics, BS
        • Computer Science and English, BS
        • Computer Science and Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, BS
        • Computer Science and Game Development, BS
        • Computer Science and History, BS
        • Computer Science and Journalism, BS
        • Computer Science and Linguistics, BS
        • Computer Science and Mathematics, BS
        • Computer Science and Media Arts, BS
        • Computer Science and Music with Concentration in Music Technology, BS
        • Computer Science and Philosophy, BS
        • Computer Science and Physics, BS
        • Computer Science and Political Science, BS
        • Computer Science and Sociology, BS
        • Computer Science and Theatre, BS
        • Cybersecurity and Business Administration, BS
        • Cybersecurity and Criminal Justice, BS
        • Cybersecurity and Economics, BS
        • Data Science and Biochemistry, BS
        • Data Science and Biology, BS
        • Data Science and Behavioral Neuroscience, BS
        • Data Science and Business Administration, BS
        • Data Science and Chemistry, BS
        • Data Science and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, BS
        • Data Science and Economics, BS
        • Data Science and Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, BS
        • Data Science and Health Science, BS
        • Data Science and Journalism, BS
        • Data Science and Linguistics, BS
        • Data Science and Mathematics, BS
        • Data Science and Physics, BS
        • Data Science and Psychology, BS
      • Accelerated Bachelor/​Graduate Degree Programs
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    • Bouvé College of Health Sciences
    • College of Science
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    • Appendix
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  • Course Descriptions
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  • Program Requirements
  • Plan of Study

The data science and environmental and sustainability sciences combined major focuses on major environmental challenges facing our planet and provides broad training to understand how these challenges can be met through advances in data science. Understanding these processes requires acquisition and analysis of large amounts of data—an ideal fit with data science, where students study the collection, manipulation, storage, retrieval, and computational analysis of data in its various forms, including numeric, textual, image, and video data from small to large volumes.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

University-Wide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

Data Science Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
Computer Science Overview
CS 1200First Year Seminar1
CS 1210Professional Development for Khoury Co-op1
Programming Sequence Pathways
Choose one of the two options: 12
Computer Science Option
CS 2500
and CS 2501
Fundamentals of Computer Science 1
and Lab for CS 2500
CS 2510
and CS 2511
Fundamentals of Computer Science 2
and Lab for CS 2510
CS 3500
Object-Oriented Design
Data Science Option
DS 2000
and DS 2001
Programming with Data
and Data Science Programming Practicum
DS 2500
and DS 2501
Intermediate Programming with Data
and Lab for DS 2500
DS 3500
Advanced Programming with Data
Computer Science Required Courses
CS 3200Database Design4
Data Science Foundations
DS 3000Foundations of Data Science4
DS 4200Information Presentation and Visualization4
DS 4300Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval4
DS 4400Machine Learning and Data Mining 14
DS 4420Machine Learning and Data Mining 24
Khoury Elective Courses
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives.
Complete 4 credits of CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already required. Choose courses within the following ranges:4
CS 2500 or higher, except CS 5010
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900
IS 2000 or higher, except IS 4900

Environmental Science and Sustainability Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Major Requirements
ENVR 1400
and ENVR 1401
Foundations in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
and Lab for ENVR 1400
5
ENVR 2200Earth's Changing Cycles4
or ENVR 1200 Dynamic Earth
EEMB 2302
and EEMB 2303
Ecology
and Lab for EEMB 2302
5
ENVR 2515Sustainable Development4
Choose one course from each category:
Skills Courses4-5
ENVR 3300
and ENVR 3301
Geographic Information Systems
and Lab for ENVR 3300
or EEMB 3555
Networks and Natural Systems
Earth Oceans and Environmental Change4-5
ENVR 2310
and ENVR 2311
Earth Materials
and Lab for ENVR 2310
ENVR 3600
Oceanography
ENVR 3125
Global Oceanic Change
ENVR 4500
and ENVR 4501
Applied Hydrogeology
and Lab for ENVR 4500
Conservation, Restoration, and Management4
EEMB 2400
Introduction to Evolution
EEMB 3460
Conservation Biology
EEMB 4001
Landscape and Restoration Ecology
EEMB 3465
Ecological and Conservation Genomics
Sustainable Planning and Development4
ENVR 3200
Water Resources
ENVR 3150
Food Security and Sustainability
ENVR 5210
Environmental Planning
ENVR 5350
Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions
Environment and Society4
POLS 2395
Environmental Politics and Policy
PPUA 5260
Ecological Economics
PPUA 5268
International Environmental Policy
SOCL 2485
Environment, Technology, and Society

Supporting Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
Calculus
MATH 1251Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 14
or MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
ENVR 2500
and ENVR 2501
Biostatistics
and Lab for ENVR 2500
5
Chemistry
CHEM 1211
and CHEM 1212
and CHEM 1213
General Chemistry 1
and Lab for CHEM 1211
and Recitation for CHEM 1211
5
CHEM 1214
and CHEM 1215
and CHEM 1216
General Chemistry 2
and Lab for CHEM 1214
and Recitation for CHEM 1214
5

Computer Science English Requirement

Course List
Code Title Hours
College Writing
ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
Complete one of the following:4
ENGW 3302
Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
ENGW 3307
Advanced Writing in the Sciences
ENGW 3315
Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Integrative Requirement

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete one of the following:4
ENVR 4050
Solving Emerging Environmental Challenges through Capstone
ENVR 4971
Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
ENVR 4997
Senior Thesis
CS 4991
Research

Required General Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete 24 credits of general electives.24

Khoury College GPA Requirement

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses

NUpath Requirements Satisfied

  • Engaging with the Natural and Designed World 
  • Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning 
  • Analyzing and Using Data 
  • Writing in the First Year 
  • Advanced Writing in the Disciplines 
  • Writing-Intensive in the Major 
  • Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Capstone 

Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-op.

Program Requirement

134 total semester hours required

Sample Patterns

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 12001CS 2510
and CS 2511
5CS 35004Elective4
CS 1800
and CS 1802
5ENVR 25154CS 32004Elective4
CS 2500
and CS 2501
5ENVR 1400
and ENVR 1401
5  
ENVR 22004EEMB 2302
and EEMB 2303
5  
ENGW 11114   
 19 19 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHEM 1211
and CHEM 1212
and CHEM 1213
5CHEM 1214
and CHEM 1215
and CHEM 1216
5MATH 1341 or 12514Co-op
DS 30004DS 42004Elective4 
ENVR skills course4ENVR 25004  
ENVR Earth oceans course4DS 43004  
 CS 12101  
 17 18 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-opDS 44004ENGW 33024Co-op
 ENVR conservation course4Elective4 
 ENVR sustainable course4  
 ENVR society course4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-opIntegrative course4  
 DS 44204  
 Khoury elective4  
 Elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 20  
Total Hours: 141

Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 12001CS 2510
and CS 2511
5VacationVacation
CS 1800
and CS 1802
5CS 32004  
CS 2500
and CS 2501
5EEMB 2302
and EEMB 2303
5  
ENVR 22004ENVR 1400
and ENVR 1401
5  
ENGW 11114   
 19 19 0 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 35004CHEM 1214
and CHEM 1215
and CHEM 1216
5VacationCo-op
CHEM 1211
and CHEM 1212
and CHEM 1213
5DS 30004  
ENVR 25154ENVR 25004  
ENVR skills course4ENVR Earth oceans course4  
 CS 12101  
 17 18 0 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0MATH 1251 or 13414Elective4Co-op
 DS 42004Elective4 
 ENVR conservation course4  
 ENVR sustainable course4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0DS 43004Elective4Co-op
 DS 44004ENGW 33024 
 ENVR society course4  
 Elective4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 5
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-opDS 44204  
 Integrative course4  
 Khoury elective4  
 Elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 20  
Total Hours: 141
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