Required Credit Hours: minimum of 18

• DATA 141 -  Programming for Data Science (4) or
• CSCI 141 -  Computational Problem Solving (4) or
• CSCI 140 -  Computational Problem Solving in Data Science (4)

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• DATA 146 -  Reasoning Under Uncertainty (3) or
• CSCI 146 -  Reasoning Under Uncertainty (3)

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• DATA 301 -  Data Driven Decision Making (3)

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• PHIL 303 -  Ethics (3) or
• PHIL 215 -  Right and Wrong in the Contemporary World (3) or
• DATA 150 -  First-Year Seminar (4)

Choose 2 in consultation with your advisor:

Courses chosen should engage with two or more of the pedagogic pillars of the Data Science Program (computation, application, communication and deliberation), and have a focus on the analysis of temporal, spatial, or numerical data.  It is suggested that students take this requirement within their home major department when feasible.  Example sequences might include:

1. MATH 351 , MATH 352  (Math)
2. CSCI 241 , CSCI 243  (Computer Science)
3. INTR 204 , INTR 490  - Remote Sensing (Spatial Data)

Note:

Note:

Faculty Affiliates of the Data Science Program are available to advise students - the full list of affiliates can be found at ds.wm.edu.  It is highly recommended that you contact an advisor with expertise that closely matches your primary major and/or long term career goals before matriculation into the program.