Data Analytics Program Requirements for 2024-2025

B.A. in Data Analytics

All courses that are required or may be used as electives for the major are included in the determination of the grade point average in the major. Because the data analytics major is completed as part of a Bachelor of Arts degree, a minor or second major is required.

Requirements

Foundational Courses – 6 credits 

(Take one disciplinary intro course and one introductory statistics course)

Choose ONE disciplinary intro course:

  • CRIM 100 – Intro to Crim & Crim Justice (3)
  • ECON 105C – P3 Prin of Microeconomics (3)
  • ECON 106C – P3 Prin of Macroeconomics (3)
  • POSC 111C – Intro to American Gov't (3)
  • PSYC 100C – Intro to Psychology (3)
  • SOCI 101D – Intro to Sociology (3)

  Choose ONE introductory statistics course:

  • ECON 221 – SQ Statistics (3)
  • PSYC 201 – Basic Statistics (3)
  • SOCI 120 – SQ Basic Biostatistics (3)

Data Analytics Core Courses – 18 credits 

(all courses listed below are required)

  • CSCI 260 – Introduction to Databases (3)
  • STAT 210 – Regression Analysis OR ECON 314 – Intro to Econometrics (3)
  • STAT 320 – Modeling Categorical Data (3)
  • STAT 330 – Sample Survey Methods (3)
  • STAT 375 – Data Analysis and Statistical Computing (3) OR STAT 376 – Applied Machine Learning (3)
  • STAT 480 – Applied Statistics Capstone (3) OR ECON 416 – Seminar In Economics (3)

Elective Courses – 6 credits  

Choose TWO:

  • CSCI 161 – Introduction to Programming (3)
  • COMM 363 – Media Research & Analytics (3)
  • ECON 402 – Intro to Game Theory (3)
  • ECON 404 – Financial Economics (3)
  • MATH 301 – Mathematical Statistics I (3) OR MATH 302 – Mathematical Statistics II (3)
  • MATH 410 – Probability Models (3)
  • PSYC 204 – Advanced Statistics (3)
  • PSYC Lab course* – only ONE lab course may count as elective  {{Choose from:  PSYC 327 – Developmental Lab (3) or PSYC 335 Social Psychology Lab (3) or  PSYC 361  Psychophysiology Lab (3) or PSYC 381 Learning Lab (3) or PSYC 382 Cognitive Processes Lab (3)}}
  • PSYC 388 – Testing and Measurement (3)
  • PUBH 390 – Advanced Epidemiology (3)
  • SOCI 201 – SQ Principles of Epidemiology (3)
  • SOCI 285 – Social Research Methods (3)
  • STAT/ECON 222 – Nonparametric Statistics (3)
  • Other STAT courses at the 300 or 400 level (3)

  Total: 30 credits

Note: In the set of DA major core courses, students may double count (granting credit for the same course in multiple programs) at most 6 credits. In the set of elective courses, students may double count at most 3 credits.

Minor in Data Analytics 

The data analytics minor consists of six courses: four foundation courses and two elective courses chosen from a list of disciplinary options. A grade point average of 2.00 is required for all courses taken in residence that may be applied to the data analytics minor.

Requirements

Foundation Courses – 12 credits

  • Choose ONE option:
    • ECON 221 – SQ Statistics I (3)
    • PSYC 201 – Basic Statistics (3)
    • SOCI 120 – Basic Biostatistics (3)
  • CSCI 260 – Introduction to Databases (3)
  • STAT 210 – Regression Analysis (3)
  • STAT 375 – Data Analysis and Statistical Computing (3)

Electives – 6 credits

While students may choose any two of the following elective courses in consultation with their major advisor or director of the statistics program, they are encouraged to pick electives that link the minor with their major fields.

  • BIOL 312 – Parasitology (3)
  • BIOL 405 – Evolution (3)
  • BIOL 408 – Ecology (3)
  • COMM 349 – Media Management and Economics (3)
  • COMM 363 – Media Research and Analytics (3)
  • CRIM 250 – Technology and Crime (3)
  • CSCI 385 – Data Mining (3)
  • ECON 314 – Introduction to Econometrics (3)
  • ECON/SPST 330 – Economics of Sport (3)
  • ECON 402 – Introduction to Game Theory (3)
  • MGMT 345 – Applied Management Research (3)
  • POSC 224 – P3 Campaigns and Elections (3)
  • POSC 327 – Strategies in Politics (3)
  • PSYC 204 – Advanced Statistics (3)
  • PSYC 388 – Testing and Measurement (3)
  • SPST 320 – Sport Marketing and Promotions (3)
  • STAT 330 – Sample Survey Methods (3)
  • STAT 345 – Predictive Analytics (3)
  • STAT 370 – Meta-analysis (3)
  • STAT 390 – Special Topics in Statistics (3)

Total: 18

Note: Only two courses applied to a student's major may also be used to satisfy a requirement in the minor.

Note: The program requirements listed are for the current academic year. Past and future program requirements may differ.