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Data Science, Minor

2022-2023 Edition

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The minor in data science studies 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.

Note: Khoury minors are only available to non-Khoury majors; students in Khoury-only or Khoury-combined degrees are not eligible for Khoury minors.  A student may receive at most one Khoury minor, regardless of how many Khoury minors they qualify for.​

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified.

Required Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
Computer Science Fundamental Courses
Complete one of the following options:9-10
Fundamentals of 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
Programming with Data 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
Data Science Required Course
DS 3000Foundations of Data Science4

Data Science Electives 

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete two of the following. Only one course from the Meaningful Minor list may contribute toward the minor requirements:8
CS 3200
Database Design
DS 2010 to DS 4989
Meaningful Minor list (see below)

Khoury Meaningful Minors

The concept of “Khoury Meaningful Minors” allows students the chance to personalize a computer science minor to meet individual academic needs and interests. Students may take one elective related to computation or information from a preapproved list of courses offered across the university rather than from within Khoury. This allows students to integrate the minor with a course in their own major or with a course in another area of interest. Students may of course choose to take all electives in the minor within Khoury if they wish.

Course List
Code Title Hours
Arts, Media and Design
ARTG 3451
Information Design 1
ARTG 5100
Information Design Studio 1: Principles
ARTG 5110
Information Design History
ARTG 5120
Research Methods for Design
ARTG 5330
Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals
ARTG 6100
Information Design Studio 2: Dynamic Mapping and Models
ARTG 6200
Information Design Studio 3: Synthesis
GSND 5110
Game Design and Analysis
GSND 6350
Data-Driven Player Modeling
Bouvé Health Sciences
HINF 5101
Introduction to Health Informatics and Health Information Systems
HINF 5102
Data Management in Healthcare
HINF 5300
Personal Health Interface Design and Development
HINF 5301
Evaluating Health Technologies
D'Amore-McKim—Business
FINA 4350
Applied Financial Econometrics
FINA 4380
Financial Data Analytics
FINA 4390
Machine Learning in Finance
FINA 4608
Advanced Financial Strategy
MISM 2510
Fundamentals of Information Analytics
MISM 3403
Data Management in the Enterprise
MISM 3501
Information Visualization for Business
MISM 3515
Data Mining for Business
MKTG 3401
Marketing Research
MKTG 3501
Marketing Analytics
SCHM 2301
Supply Chain and Operations Management
Computer and Information Science
CY 5010
Foundations of Information Assurance
CY 5200
Security Risk Management and Assessment
Engineering
CIVE 3464
Probability and Engineering Economy for Civil Engineering
EECE 5642
Data Visualization
EECE 5644
Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
EECE 5639
Computer Vision
IE 5640
Data Mining for Engineering Applications
Science
BINF 6308
Bioinformatics Computational Methods 1
BINF 6309
Bioinformatics Computational Methods 2
ENVR 2500
Biostatistics
MATH 2331
Linear Algebra
MATH 2341
Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering
MATH 3081
Probability and Statistics
MATH 4581
Statistics and Stochastic Processes
PSYC 2320
Statistics in Psychological Research
Social Science and Humanities
ECON 2350
Statistics
ECON 2560
Applied Econometrics
ECON 3916
Intermediate Selected Topics in Microeconomics
POLS 2400
Quantitative Techniques

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor

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