Data Science Major, BS

The Data Science program prepares students to be “Big Data” practitioners by learning how to distill new insights from large volumes of data. The program is an interdisciplinary mix of Computer Science, Data Science, and Mathematics and Statistics, plus a domain area (chosen by the student) in which the student can apply his or her computational and statistical skills.

Program Requirements

CS 106 - Introduction to Scientific Computation and Modeling (recommended)
OR CS 108 - Introduction to Computing
CS 112 - Introduction to Data Structures
CS 384 - Perspectives on Computing
DATA 202 - Data Wrangling and Analytics
DATA 303 - Advanced Modeling and Visualization
DATA 396 - Senior Project in Data Science
DATA 398 - Senior Project in Data Science II
MATH 171 - Calculus I
OR MATH 132 - Calculus for Management, Life, and Social Sciences
MATH 172 - Calculus II
OR MATH 255 - Introductory Linear Algebra
STAT 243 - Statistics
OR STAT 343 - Probability and Statistics
STAT 245 - Applied Data Analysis

CS Electives

Choose at least three courses.

CS 212 - Data Structures and Algorithms (recommended)
CS 342 - Database Management Systems
CS 344 - Artificial Intelligence
CS 374 - High Performance Computing

MATH/STAT Electives

Choose at least one course.

MATH 355 - Advanced Linear Algebra
STAT 341 - Computational Bayesian Statistics
STAT 343 - Probability and Statistics
STAT 344 - Mathematical Statistics
STAT 385 - Topics in Statistics

Cognate Tracks

(15 semester hours)

At least 15 semester hours, normally with the same course prefix (e.g., BIOL, BUS, GEO, POLS, etc.) other than CS, DATA, MATH, or STAT. At least 6 hours of these must be at the 300 level or an approved combination. See the program website (datascience.calvin.edu) for a list of approved tracks.

Data Science Major, BS

Program Requirements

CS Electives

MATH/STAT Electives

Cognate Tracks

Total Semester Hours: 49-50