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Data Science in Business (Minor)

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The Undergraduate Minor of Data Science in Business is a 15 credit interdisciplinary credential that offers a path towards developing essential skills in data science with depth in Business (BUS) content. Students who pursue this minor will have the opportunity to learn from data science instructors & practitioners, and Business faculty in industry & academia, alongside their peers from various colleges. Students will pursue courses in data management, communication, applications, ethics, business, and more, in addition to choosing from electives of interest.

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Data Science Academy

Plan Requirements

Required Courses

Required DSC Courses: At least one course from each category6
Data Communication
Introduction to Data Visualization
Data Communication
Ethics, Policy, & Privacy
Data Science for Social Good
Introduction to Data Science for Cybersecurity
Data Management & Analysis
Introduction to R/Python for Data Science (¶Ù³§°äÌý201 will not count for students who take ³§°ÕÌý308 as a coreq for µþ±«³§Ìý351)
Machine Learning and AI
Exploring Machine Learning
Electives or Internships & Capstones
Data Wrangling and Web Scraping
Required Depth Courses9
Introduction to Business Analytics (Prerequisites: µþ±«³§Ìý340 and [µþ±«³§Ìý350, or ³§°ÕÌý312, or ³§°ÕÌý370, or ³§°ÕÌý372]; Corequisite: ³§°ÕÌý307 or ³§°ÕÌý308)
Choose 2 of the following:
Database Management (Prerequisites: µþ±«³§Ìý340 or ´¡°ä°äÌý340)
Analytics: From Data to Decisions (Prerequisite: µþ±«³§Ìý351)
Business Analytics Practicum (Prerequisites: µþ±«³§Ìý351 and µþ±«³§Ìý458)
NOTE 1: Students pursuing multiple Data Science Academy credentials must have at least 2 distinct 1-credit DSC courses and 2 distinct 3-credit depth courses between any two credentials (8 distinct credits total).
NOTE 2: Per university requirements courses already used to satisfy two or more credit requirements cannot also be used to satisfy the data science certificate (or any third requirement).
Total Hours15