University of California San Diego - Muir College
San Diego, California
Degree:
BS
Data Science
Location:
Data Science Institute
Credits:
180 units
System:
Quarter
Required Computer Science (or Related):
• DSC 10: Principles of Data Science (4 units)*
• DSC 20: Programming and Basic Structures for Data Science (4 units)
• DSC 30: Data Structures and Algorithms for Data Science (4 units)
• DSC 40A/40B: Theoretical Foundations of Data Science I-II (8 units)
• DSC 80: Practice and Application of Data Science (4 units)
• DSC 100: Introduction to Data Management (4 units)
• DSC 102: Systems for Scalable Analytics (4 units)
• DSC 106: Introduction to Data Visualization (4 units)
• DSC 140A: Probabilistic Modeling and Machine learning or approved alternate (4 credits)
• DSC 190 A00: Introduction to Data Mining
• DSC 180A/B: Senior Project (8 units)
• COGS 9: Introduction to Data Science (4 units)
• MATH 186 Statistical Methods or approved alternate (4 units)
• MATH 189: Exploratory Data Analysis and Inference (4 units)
• CSE 151A: Introduction to Machine Learning or approved alternate (4 credits)
• Lower-Division Subject Domain courses (8 units)
• Upper-Division DSC Electives, with restrictions (20 units)
• Additional coursework as need to fulfill Subject Domain requirements (varies)
Required Math:
• Calculus I-II, both required but only one counted toward screening course (8 units)*
• Calculus III (4 units)
• Linear Algebra (4 units)*
• Quantitative, Symbolic, and Computational Reasoning, three courses from approved list (varies)
Required Science:
• Science and Technology, three courses from approved list (varies)
Required Engineering:
None
Other Requirements:
• Writing, two lower-division and one upper-division (12 units)
• U.S. History OR U.S. Government (4 units)
• Social and Behavorial Sciences, three courses from approved list (varies)
• Arts and Humanities, three courses from approved list (varies)
• Language Other Than English, one course from approved list (varies)
• Multicultural Studies, one course from approved list (varies)
• International/Global Issues, one course from approved list (varies)
Subfield Required:
Yes
Type:
Subject Domain
Options:
Choose a Subject Domain sequence:
• Business Analytics and Econometrics
• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
• Social
• Social Science
Double or Dual Major Option(s):
• Double majors may be possible; however, it is not permitted to double major with Computer Science and Engineering
Related Majors:
• BS Computer Science (School of Information and Computer Science)
• BS Computer Science and Engineering (College of Engineering)
• BS Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)
• BS Software Engineering (College of Engineering)
Good to Know:
• This interdisciplinary major is housed in the Data Science Institute, not within a traditional academic department.
• This is a capped major. Must first complete screening courses, marked with an asterisk (*); admission is by rank (of GPA in screening courses and possibly overall GPA) into limited spots.
University's Webpage for this Program:
Catalog Year:
2022
