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
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science Overview | ||
| CS 1200 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| CS 1210 | Professional Development for Khoury Co-op | 1 |
| Programming Sequence Pathways | ||
| Choose one of the two options: | 12 | |
| Computer Science Option | ||
| Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 and Lab for CS 2500 | ||
| Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 and Lab for CS 2510 | ||
| Object-Oriented Design | ||
| Data Science Option | ||
| Programming with Data and Data Science Programming Practicum | ||
| Intermediate Programming with Data and Lab for DS 2500 | ||
| Advanced Programming with Data | ||
| Computer Science Required Courses | ||
| CS 3200 | Database Design | 4 |
| Data Science Foundations | ||
| DS 3000 | Foundations of Data Science | 4 |
| DS 4200 | Information Presentation and Visualization | 4 |
| DS 4300 | Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval | 4 |
| DS 4400 | Machine Learning and Data Mining 1 | 4 |
| DS 4420 | Machine Learning and Data Mining 2 | 4 |
| 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 | |
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930 | ||
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900 | ||
Environmental Science and Sustainability Courses
| 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 2200 | Earth's Changing Cycles | 4 |
| or ENVR 1200 | Dynamic Earth | |
| EEMB 2302 and EEMB 2303 | Ecology and Lab for EEMB 2302 | 5 |
| ENVR 2515 | Sustainable Development | 4 |
| Choose one course from each category: | ||
| Skills Courses | 4-5 | |
| Geographic Information Systems and Lab for ENVR 3300 | ||
or EEMB 3555 | Networks and Natural Systems | |
| Earth Oceans and Environmental Change | 4-5 | |
| Earth Materials and Lab for ENVR 2310 | ||
| Oceanography | ||
| Global Oceanic Change | ||
| Applied Hydrogeology and Lab for ENVR 4500 | ||
| Conservation, Restoration, and Management | 4 | |
| Introduction to Evolution | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Landscape and Restoration Ecology | ||
| Ecological and Conservation Genomics | ||
| Sustainable Planning and Development | 4 | |
| Water Resources | ||
| Food Security and Sustainability | ||
| Environmental Planning | ||
| Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | ||
| Environment and Society | 4 | |
| Environmental Politics and Policy | ||
| Ecological Economics | ||
| International Environmental Policy | ||
| Environment, Technology, and Society | ||
Supporting Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Calculus | ||
| MATH 1251 | Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 1 | 4 |
| 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
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| College Writing | ||
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| or ENGW 1102 | First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers | |
| Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions | ||
| Advanced Writing in the Sciences | ||
| Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Solving Emerging Environmental Challenges through Capstone | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 | ||
| Senior Thesis | ||
| Research | ||
Required General Electives
| 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
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Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
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Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
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Analyzing and Using Data
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Writing in the First Year
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Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
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Writing-Intensive in the Major
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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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 | 1 | CS 2510 and CS 2511 | 5 | CS 3500 | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | ENVR 2515 | 4 | CS 3200 | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| CS 2500 and CS 2501 | 5 | ENVR 1400 and ENVR 1401 | 5 | ||||
| ENVR 2200 | 4 | EEMB 2302 and EEMB 2303 | 5 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1212 and CHEM 1213 | 5 | CHEM 1214 and CHEM 1215 and CHEM 1216 | 5 | MATH 1341 or 1251 | 4 | Co-op | |
| DS 3000 | 4 | DS 4200 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ENVR skills course | 4 | ENVR 2500 | 4 | ||||
| ENVR Earth oceans course | 4 | DS 4300 | 4 | ||||
| CS 1210 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | DS 4400 | 4 | ENGW 3302 | 4 | Co-op | ||
| ENVR conservation course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENVR sustainable course | 4 | ||||||
| ENVR society course | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | Integrative course | 4 | |||||
| DS 4420 | 4 | ||||||
| Khoury elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 141 | |||||||
Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 | 1 | CS 2510 and CS 2511 | 5 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | CS 3200 | 4 | ||||
| CS 2500 and CS 2501 | 5 | EEMB 2302 and EEMB 2303 | 5 | ||||
| ENVR 2200 | 4 | ENVR 1400 and ENVR 1401 | 5 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 3500 | 4 | CHEM 1214 and CHEM 1215 and CHEM 1216 | 5 | Vacation | Co-op | ||
| CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1212 and CHEM 1213 | 5 | DS 3000 | 4 | ||||
| ENVR 2515 | 4 | ENVR 2500 | 4 | ||||
| ENVR skills course | 4 | ENVR Earth oceans course | 4 | ||||
| CS 1210 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | MATH 1251 or 1341 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| DS 4200 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENVR conservation course | 4 | ||||||
| ENVR sustainable course | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | DS 4300 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| DS 4400 | 4 | ENGW 3302 | 4 | ||||
| ENVR society course | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | DS 4420 | 4 | |||||
| Integrative course | 4 | ||||||
| Khoury elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 141 | |||||||