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Bachelor of Science in Data Science, Business Analytics Concentration

Coursework must include at least 30 credit hours earned at 300-level or above, of which 12 credit hours must be in the major.

See 4-year major guides for recommended order in which to take courses.

https://www.lander.edu/academics/registrars-office/major-guides.html

General Education Requirements

(For approved courses, see General Education: www.lander.edu/gen-ed.)

Core Academic Skills
ENGL 101: Writing and Inquiry I 3
ENGL 102: Writing and Inquiry II 3
MATH 123: Calculus and Its Applications 3


Humanities and Fine Arts 6
(6 hours selected from 2 different disciplines)


Behavioral and Social Perspectives 6
(6 hours selected from 2 different disciplines)
ECON 101: Economics in Society 3
Behavioral and Social Perspectives 3
If you already have credit for HIST 111, do not take HIST 111R; if you already have credit for HIST 112, do not take HIST 112R; if you already have credit for POLS 101, do not take POLS 101R.


Scientific and Mathematical Reasoning 7
(7 hours selected from 2 different disciplines, 1 lab science required)
MATH 211 3
Laboratory Science 4


Founding Documents of the United States 3

HIST 111R: United States History to 1877
Or
HIST 112R: United States History since 1877
Or
POLS 101R: American National Government
If you already have credit for HIST 111, do not take HIST 111R; if you already have credit for HIST 112, do not take HIST 112R; if you already have credit for POLS 101, do not take POLS 101R.


World Cultures 3


LINK 101: Leadership, Involvement, Networking and Knowledge 1
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS 35

If all of the General Education requirements are met and/or waived, and the credit hours do not add up to at least 30, the General Education requirements are not complete. If below 30, additional General Education courses from any category must be taken until the total hours add up to at least 30 hours.


Major Program Requirements

Major Program Core Requirements

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
CIS 120Fund of Inform Systms & Techn

3
CIS 130Problem Solv/Program Methods

4
CIS 230Computer Programming Prin I

4
CIS 234Intr to C/C++ Programming

1
CIS 360Database Design

3
DSCI 130Intro to Data Science

3
DSCI 230Intro Data Science Programming

4
DSCI 231Data Visualization

3
DSCI 330Big Data Analysis

3
DSCI 340Applied Machine Learning

3
DSCI 440Applied Deep Learning

3
DSCI 499Data Science Capstone

3
MATH 125Intro to Discrete Mathematics

3
MATH 208Applied Linear Algebra

3
MATH 213Supervised Machine Learning

3
MATH 214Unsupervised Machine Learning

3

Major Program Concentration Requirements

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ACCT 201Financial Acctg Principles

3
BA 226Intro to Analytical Methods

3
BA 304Management Info Systems

3
BA 325Advanced Analytical Methods

3
COM 275Professional Communication

3

Total Credit Hours: 64

Additional Electives (21 hours)

Up to 9 credit hours may need to be 300-level or above.

The remaining hours may be at any level.

 

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Total Credit Hours: 120