Students learn skills that will allow them to analyze and make inference from the types of data that arise in their major. The certificate is accessible to a wide variety of majors, and provides a pathway for students to enroll in more advanced data science curriculum. Pre-requisites: College Algebra or Precalculus (Math 143 or 149).
Requirements
| Data Science for the Sciences Certificate | Credits |
|---|---|
| CS 133 Foundations of Data Science | 3 |
| CS 233 Essentials of Data Science | 3 |
| Choose 1 set of mathematics and statistics courses: MATH 161 Mathematics for Data Science AND MATH 160 Survey of Calculus OR MATH 170 Calculus I *MATH 301 Linear Algebra AND MATH 360 Engineering Statistics OR MATH 361 Probability and Statistics I | 8 6 |
| Total | 12-14 |
* For students planning to go to graduate school in data science or economics