Our Graduate Certificate Program in Data Science will be going through some changes
for the 2019-2020 academic year. If you are planning on going through the certificate
program during this time, please refer to these core and elective courses.
Course Work Summary
It is expected that students seeking enrollment in this program will have sufficient
foundational skills and aptitude in computer programming, statistical analysis, information
systems, and databases. The required foundational skills may have been obtained through
formal academic qualifications, work experience, or a combination of the two.
Core Courses—12 credits
BA 5200 - Information Systems Management and Data Analytics
Focuses on management of IS/IT within the business environment. Topics include IT infrastructure and architecture, organizational impact of innovation, change management, human-machine interaction, and contemporary management issues involving data analytics. Class format includes lecture, group discussion, and integrative case studies.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring
- Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate;
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Business Administration, Data Science, Applied Natural Resource Econ., Health Informatics, Accounting, Engineering Management
CS 5821 - Computational Intelligence - Theory and Application
This course covers the four main paradigms of Computational Intelligence, viz., fuzzy systems, artificial neural networks, evolutionary computing, and swarm intelligence, and their integration to develop hybrid systems. Applications of Computational Intelligence include classification, regression, clustering, controls, robotics, etc.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
On Demand
- Restrictions:
Permission of instructor required;
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate
MA 5790 - Predictive Modeling
Application, construction, and evaluation of statistical models used for prediction and classification. Topics include data pre-processing, over-fitting and model tuning, linear and nonlinear regression models and linear and nonlinear classification models.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): MA 3740 or MA 4710 or MA 4720 or MA 4780 or (MA 4700 and MA 5701)
UN 5550 - Introduction to Data Science
Introduces concepts and skills fundamental to Data Science including: getting data, data wrangling, exploratory data analysis, basic statistics, data visualization, data modeling, and learning. The course introduces data science from different perspectives: computer science, mathematics, business, engineering, and more.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (2-0-2)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring
- Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate;
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Data Science
Elective Courses—3 credits
One course must be taken from the list of approved elective courses:
CS 5631 - Data Visualization
Introduction to scientific and information visualization. Topics include methods for visualizing three-dimensional scalar and vector fields, visual data representations, tree and graph visualization, large-scale data analysis and visualization, and interface design and interaction techniques.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): CS 4611 or CS 5611
CS 5841 - Machine Learning
This course will explore the foundational techniques of machine learning. Topics are pulled from the areas of unsupervised and supervised learning. Specific methods covered include naive Bayes, decision trees, support vector machine (SVMs), ensemble, and clustering methods.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Spring
- Restrictions:
Permission of instructor required;
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore, Junior
- Pre-Requisite(s): CS 4821
CS 5471 - Computer Security
This covers fundamentals of computer security. Topics include practical cryptography, access control, security design principles, physical protections, malicious logic, program security, intrusion detection, administration, legal and ethical issues.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring
- Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate
- Pre-Requisite(s): CS 3411 or CS 4411
FW 5083 - Programming Skills for Bioinformatics
Students will learn computer programming skills in Perl for processing genomic sequences and gene expression data and become familiar with various bioinformatics resources.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, in odd years
- Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate
MA 5770 - Bayesian Statistics
The theory of Bayesian inference. Topics include prior specifications, basics of decision theory, Markov chain, Monte Carlo, Bayes factor, linear regression, linear random effects model, hierarchical models, Bayesian hypothesis testing, Bayesian model selection.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, in even years
- Pre-Requisite(s): MA 4330 and MA 4710 and MA 4760
MA 5781 - Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Statistical modeling and inference for analyzing experimental data that have been observed at different points in time. Topics include models for stationary and non stationary time series, model specification, parametric estimation, model diagnostics and forecasting, seasonal models and time series regression models.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): (MA 2710 or MA 2720 or MA 3710 or MA 3715 or MA 5701) and (MA 3720 or EE 3180 or MA 4700)
MGT 4600 - Management of Technology and Innovation
Introduces disruptive innovation concepts and provides occasions for their application to timely and relevant cases. Provides an understanding of technology management and innovation processes as they occur inside and outside of organizations.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
- Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore
PSY 5210 - Advanced Statistical Analysis and Design I
An overview of data analysis methods including visualization, data programming, and univariate statistics such as t-test and ANOVA.
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-2-2)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall, in even years
- Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate
UN 5390 - Scientific Computing
Set in a Linux environment, students will learn to design computational workflows, translate problems into programs, understand sources of errors, and debug, profile and parallelize the code. Successful completion of FOSS101 and earning its Digital Badge are required prior to registration
- Credits:
3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered:
Fall
- Restrictions:
Permission of instructor required;
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate