2026-27 Data Science and Analytics Flow Chart

2026-27 Data Science and Analytics B.A. Four-Year Course Plan

Year Fall Semester Courses Spring Semester Courses
First Year
  • DSA 001: Foundations of DSA 
  • MATH 011 or MATH 021
  • ECON 001 OR COGS 001 OR POLI 001 OR MIST 001 OR PH 001
  • SPRK 001 or SPRK 010: Spark Seminar 
  • DSA 002: Thinking Like a Programmer 
  • MATH 012 or MATH 022 
  • WRI 010: College Reading & Composition 
  • PHIL 002 OR PHIL 003 OR PHIL 006 
Second Year
  • MIST 050 OR MIST 070 OR MIST 090 
  • ECON 010 OR ENGR 080 
  • General Education: Language Requirement 
  • Free Elective 
  • PHIL 122 OR PHIL 123 
  • General Education: Area A 
  • General Education: Global Awareness Intellectual Experience 
  • Free Elective 
Third Year
  • ECON 110: Econometrics 
  • Advanced Data Science and Analytics Methods: Quantitative 
  • Technical Elective 
  • General Education: Area B
  • Advanced Data Science Analytics Methods: Data Management and Visualization
  • General Education: Upper Division Crossroads
  • Technical Elective
  • Free Elective
Fourth Year
  • DSA 120: Capstone I 
  • Technical Elective 
  • GE: Upper Division Writing in the Discipline 
  • Free Elective 
  • DSA 121: Capstone II 
  • Technical Elective 
  • General Education: Area A