Data Analytics Minor

Location(s): Main Campus, Online

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The data analytics minor emphasizes leading and communicating with data. Students enrolled in this minor will acquire skills including basic statistics and data visualizations, modeling, coding, data ethics, ethical data communication, and advanced data modeling. The minor is intended to be a companion to any major area. It is a good choice for any student interested in using big data in research, inference, or exploration in their career.

Students will complete six courses as follows:

Required:

CMSC 150 - Introduction to Programming Credit(s): 4
MATH 208 - Intro to Data Modeling Credit(s): 4
MATH 210 - Ethics in Data Science Credit(s): 4
MATH 308 - Advanced Data Modeling Credit(s): 4

One statistics course from this list

MATH 108 - Elementary Statistics Using Data Credit(s): 4
ECON 135 - Applied Statistics Credit(s): 4
SOC 210 - Statistics for the Social Sciences Credit(s): 4
BIOL 135 - Biostatistics Credit(s): 4
MATH 302 - Probability and Statistics II Credit(s): 4

CIS/MIS Course-Choose One

MIS 145 - Management Information Systems and Business Intelligence Credit(s): 4
OR
CIS 255 - Introduction to Database Systems and SQL Credit(s): 4

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Data Analytics Minor

Location(s): Main Campus, Online

Required:

One statistics course from this list

CIS/MIS Course-Choose One