Data Science (DATS) Minor

The requirement for the DATS minor is 6-course units (cu) which include:

• CIS 1200 Programming Languages and Techniques
• CIS 4190 Introduction to Machine Learning OR STAT 4710 Modern Data Mining or CIS 5200 Machine Learning
• NETS 2120 Scalable and Cloud Computing OR CIS 5450 or CIS 2450 Big Data Analytics
• ESE 3010 Engineering Probability or ENM 3210 Engineering Statistics or ESE 4020 Statistics for Data Science or STAT 4300 Probability or STAT 4310 Statistical Inference*
• Data Science elective from two of the below categories**
• Data Science elective from two of the below categories**

Please make sure that two electives are from two different categories. Students cannot take both CIS4190/5190 and CIS5200.
*STAT 1010, 1020 and ECON 1030, 1040 do not count as a substitute for the STAT requirement STAT 4300, 4310.

Data-Centric Programming Category** (Select one course)
CIS 1050	Computational Data Exploration
ENGR 1050	Introduction to Scientific Computing
OIDD 3110	Business Computer Languages
STAT 4700	Data Analytics and Statistical Computing
ESE 3050	Foundations of Data Science
STAT 4050	Statistical Computing with R

 

Statistics Category ** (Select one course)
MATH 4300	Introduction to Probability
ESE 3010	Engineering Probability
EAS 2050	Linear Algebra
CIS 2610	Probability, Stochastic Processes, and Statistical Inference
STAT 4300	Probability
BIOL 4460	Statistics for Biologists
STAT 4760	Applied Probability Models in Marketing

 

Data Collection, Representation, Management and Retrieval Category** (Select one course)
CIS 4500/5500	Database and Information Systems
CIS 4550	Internet and Web Systems
NETS 2130	Crowdsourcing and Human Computation
OIDD 1050	Developing Tools for Data Access and Analysis (VBA and SQL Programming)
STAT 4340	Financial and Economic Time Series
STAT 4750	Sample Survey Design

 

Data Analysis Category** (Select one course)
CIS 4190/5190	Introduction to Machine Learning
or CIS 5200	Machine Learning
CIS 4300	Introduction to Human Language Technology
CIS 4210	Artificial Intelligence
MKTG 2120	Data and Analysis for Marketing Decisions
MKTG 3090	Special Topics: Experiments for Business Decision Making
OIDD 4100	Decision Support Systems
STAT 4220	Predictive Analytics
STAT 4350	Forecasting Methods for Management
STAT 4710	Modern Data Mining
STAT 4740	Modern Regression for the Social, Behavioral and Biological Sciences
STAT 5200	Applied Econometrics I

 

Modeling Category** (Select one course)
NETS 3120	Theory of Networks
MKTG 2710	Models for Marketing Strategy
OIDD 3250	Computer Simulation Models
OIDD 3530	Mathematical Modeling and its Application in Finance
STAT 4330	Stochastic Processes

To apply for a DATS minor, students should complete the Application for a Minor form online.

DATS Minor Contacts:

Staci Kaplan
Program Manager
Office: 308 Levine
Phone: 215-573-2431
Email: stacilk@seas.upenn.edu

Dr. Susan Davidson
Director
Office: 566 Levine
Email: datsmast@seas.upenn.edu