Requirements-BS-in-Data-Science

Bachelor of Science 2024 through2025

Data Science

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Students majoring in the Data Science program are forbidden from double-majoring in the BA Data Science (CSH) program; as well as from minoring in Data Science.

Curriculum Requirements

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First Year

  • CSC 241 Introduction to Computer Science I 1
  • CSC 242 Introduction to Computer Science II 1
  • CSC 300 Data Structures I
  • MAT 140 Discrete Mathematics I
  • MAT 150 Calculus I
  • MAT 151 Calculus II
  • MAT 152 Calculus III
  • 1 Students with one (1) semester programming experience may take CSC 243 and one (1) additional Major Elective in lieu of CSC 241 and CSC 242.
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 110 Discover Chicago
    OR LSP 111 Explore Chicago
  • LSP 112 Focal Point Seminar
  • WRD 103 Composition and Rhetoric I
  • WRD 104 Composition and Rhetoric II
  • 1 Scientific Inquiry Lab

Second Year

Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • LSP 200 Seminar on Race, Power, and Resistance
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry (Ethics)
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry

Third Year

  • CMNS 201 Business and Professional Communication
  • CSC 355 Database Systems
  • DSC 333 Introduction to Big Data Processing
  • DSC 341 Foundations of Data Science
  • DSC 365 Data Visualization
  • MAT 360 Generalized Linear Models
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Experiential Learning
  • 1 Historical Inquiry
  • 1 Religious Dimensions

Fourth Year

  • DSC 345 Machine Learning
  • DSC 394 Data Science Project
  • Eight (8) credit hours of Major Electives
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Historical Inquiry
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry
  • 1 Religious Dimensions
  • 2 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry

Major Electives

Students must choose 8 credit hours of Major Electives from the following list of courses, grouped by topic:

Computer Science
Mathematics
  • MAT 260 Multivariable Calculus I
  • MAT 350 Bayesian Statistics
  • MAT 351 Probability and Statistics I
  • MAT 352 Probability and Statistics II
  • MAT 353 Probability and Statistics III
  • MAT 355 Stochastic Processes
  • MAT 358 Applied Time Series and Forecasting
  • MAT 387 Operations Research: Linear Programming
  • MAT 388 Operations Research: Optimization Theory
Artificial Intelligence
  • CSC 358 Symbolic Programming
  • CSC 380 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Image Analysis
  • CSC 381 Introduction to Digital Image Processing
  • CSC 382 Applied Image Analysis
Geographic Information Systems
  • GEO 241 Geographic Information Systems I: Digital Mapping
  • GEO 242 Geographic Information Systems II: Community Gis
  • GEO 243 Earth Observation
  • GEO 343 Earth Observation II
  • GEO 344 Spatial Analysis for Sustainability
  • GEO 346 Gis Analysis of Environmental and Public Health
  • GEO 347 Web Gis and Spatial Data Visualization on the Web
Information Technology
  • IT 130 Introductory Computing for the Web
  • IT 231 Web Development I
  • IT 232 Web Development II
  • IT 251 Introduction to Mobile Apps
Research

Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in all major elective courses.


Open Electives

Open Elective Credit Hours are required to meet the minimum graduation requirements of 192 hours. Open electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul.

Liberal Studies

The Liberal Studies program is the general education portion of the curriculum at DePaul University. Students must earn a grade of D or better in all courses taken to satisfy these requirements. The only exception is the Capstone course which is considered also a major requirement and WRD 103 and WRD 104 in which students need to earn a C- or better.

Students may choose to take some CDM courses that carry Liberal Studies credit but they cannot double count them if they are part of the major requirements. A complete list of courses that carry Liberal Studies credit can be found on the Liberal Studies website along with an overview of the Liberal Studies requirements for this program. Students can search for courses that satisfy a particular Liberal Studies requirement on campusconnect.

Note Students must complete an ethics class as one of the Philosophical Inquiry or Religious Dimensions requirements. Students must take one of the following ethics courses: CSC 208 (PI), PHL 248/MGT 248 (PI) or REL 228/MGT 228 (RD). In this sample schedule the ethics requirement replaces one of the Philosophical Inquiry requirements.


Although students are free to take course requirements in any order they choose, provided they have mastered the course-specific prerequisites, it is strongly recommended that students follow these year-by-year suggestions, especially regarding the first-year major courses.

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements.

Degree Requirements

Students in this degree must meet the following requirements

  • complete a minimum of 192 credit hours (generally 48 courses)
  • Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103, WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses
  • Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses
  • maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher

Students who earn a cumulative DePaul University GPA

  • between 3.500 and 3.699 will graduate cum laude
  • between 3.700 and 3.849 will graduate magna cum laude
  • of at least 3.850 will graduate summa cum laude

For DePaul's policy on repeat courses and a complete list of academic policies see the DePaul Undergraduate Handbook in the Course Catalog.