Data Science (BSDS)
Description
The Bachelor of Science in Data Science (B.S.D.S.) program is an interdisciplinary program with computer science, mathematics and statistics at its core.
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 126
Degree Requirements
The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to
- change or withdraw courses;
- change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and
- change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.
General Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following First Year Writing I courses: | 3 | |
| Freshman Honors I | ||
| Introduction to College Writing | ||
| First-Year Writing I | ||
| Select one of the following First Year Writing II courses: | 3 | |
| First Year Seminar | ||
| First-Year Writing II | ||
| Freshman Honors II | ||
| Select three hours of fine arts from the following: 1 | 3 | |
Art History (ARTH) | ||
Music (MUSC) | ||
Dance (DANC) | ||
Theatre Arts (THEA) | ||
| Introduction to the Fine Arts | ||
| Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Introduction to Music Literature | ||
| Fundamentals of Music Theory | ||
| Introduction to Music | ||
| Introduction to World Music Cultures | ||
| Music Theory and Analysis I | ||
| Dance Appreciation | ||
| Appreciation of the Theatre | ||
| Introduction to Cinema | ||
| Select six hours of social sciences courses from the following: | 6 | |
Anthropology (ANTH) | ||
Economics (ECON) | ||
| Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | ||
| Advanced Interdisc Social Science | ||
Political science (POLS) | ||
Psychology (PSYC) | ||
Sociology (SOCY) | ||
| Freshman Honors I 2 | ||
| Freshman Honors II 2 | ||
| Select three hours of humanities courses from the following: | 3 | |
| African American Experience I | ||
| African American Experience II | ||
Classics (CLCS) | ||
| Humanities and the Environment | ||
| Introduction to Gender Studies | ||
| Introduction to Queer Studies | ||
History (HIST) | ||
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Humanities and the Experience of War | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
Philosophy (PHIL) | ||
Religion (ELGl) | ||
Southern studies (SSTU 1000-level) | ||
| Freshman Honors I 2 | ||
| Freshman Honors II 2 | ||
| Select three hours of Fine Arts, Humanities, or Modern language | 3 | |
Modern Language include courses in courses in Ancient Greek (GREK), Arabic (ARAB), Swahili (SWAH), Japanes (JAPN), Korean (KORE), Latin (LATN), Portuguese (PORT), Russian (RUSS), Spanish (SPAN) | ||
| Select three hours of literature survey | 3 | |
| Survey in Literary History | ||
| Survey of World Literature to 1650 | ||
| Survey of World Literature since 1650 | ||
| Survey of American Lit to the Civil War | ||
| Survey of American Lit since Civil War | ||
| Survey of British Lit to 18th Century | ||
| Survey of Brit Lit since Romantic Period | ||
| SPCH 1020 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| or SPCH 1050 | Business and Professional Speech | |
| Total Hours | 27 | |
- 1
Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
- 2
if not being used to fulfill composition requirements
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CSCI 1011 | Computer Science I | 3 |
| or CSCI 1013 | Honors Computer Science I | |
| CSCI 2023 | Computer Org. & Assembly Language | 3 |
| CSCI 1056 | Programming in Python | 3 |
| CSCI 3000 | Social Responsibility in Comp. Science | 1 |
| CSCI 3025 | Foundations of Computer Security | 3 |
| CSCI 3043 | Fundamentals of Data Science | 3 |
| CSCI 2056 | Data Structures in Python | 3 |
| CSCI 3075 | Introduction to Database Systems | 3 |
| CSCI 4033 | Algorithm and Data Structure Analysis | 3 |
| CSCI 4043 | Advanced Data Science | 3 |
| CSCI 4044 | Information Visualization | 3 |
| CSCI 4996A | Senior Project | 3 |
| Select six hours of CS electives of the following: | 6 | |
| Information Storage and Retrieval | ||
| Special Topics in Data Science (may take up to two CSCI 4999C courses of different topics) | ||
| Natural Language Processing | ||
| Digital Image Processing | ||
| Select an additional nine hrs of CSci electives at the 300+ level | 9 | |
| MATH 2611 | Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry I | 3 |
| MATH 2612 | Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry II | 3 |
| Lab Science and Lab I | 4 | |
| Lab Science and Lab II | 4 | |
| Total Hours | 63 | |
- School of Engineering GPA
- GPA must be a 2.0
Major Requirements II
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENGR 1010 & ENGR 1110 | Engineering Fundamentals and Engineering Fundamentals Lab | 2 |
| Select three credit hours of additional science electives chosen from the following: | 3 | |
| Intro Astronomy of the Solar System | ||
| Intro Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies | ||
| Elementary Organic Chemistry I | ||
| Elementary Organic Chemistry II | ||
| Physical Geology (not both 1010 and 1040) | ||
| Historical Geology | ||
| Earth Dynamics | ||
| Environmental Geology - Hazards | ||
| Environmental Geology - Resources | ||
| Introduction to Oceanography (not both 1010 and 1040) | ||
| Dinosaurs | ||
BISC, CHEM, PHYS & GEOL 3000+ and any of our Lab Science not already taken | ||
| MATH 3010 | Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
| MATH 3190 | Introduction to Linear Algebra | 3 |
| MATH 3750 | Introduction to Statistics I | 3 |
| MATH 3780 | Statistical Computing and Data Analysis | 3 |
| Total Hours | 17 | |
Application Area
Students must choose a minor (18 hours total), with the exception of data science, computer science, the computing emphasis on Digital Media Studies, general engineering, and math for School of Engineering.