2024-2025 Academic Catalog
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| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| I. Introductory Restricted Elective | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Business Analytics and Business Intelligence | ||
| Introduction to Computational Thinking (Pathways Concept 5f – Foundational Quantitative and Computational Thinking) | ||
| Digital Planet (Pathways Concept 5f – Foundational Quantitative and Computational Thinking) | ||
| Introduction to Data in Social Context (Pathways Concept 5f – Foundational Quantitative and Computational Thinking) | ||
| Introduction to Urban Analytics | ||
| Data in Our Lives (Pathways Concept 5f – Foundational Quantitative and Computational Thinking) | ||
| Subtotal | 3 | |
| II. Core Requirements | ||
| BDS 2005 | Fundamentals of Behavioral Decision Science (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences) | 3 |
| CMDA 2014 | Data Matter (Pathways Concept 5a – Advanced Quantitative and Computational Thinking) | 3 |
| Subtotal | 6 | |
| III. Restricted Electives - Applying Data and Decisions | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Fundamentals of Behavioral Decision Science (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences) | ||
| Advanced Modeling for Business Analytics | ||
| Data Governance, Privacy and Ethics (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities) | ||
| Environmental Data Science (Pathways Concept 5a – Advanced Quantitative and Computational Thinking) | ||
| Introduction to Remote Sensing | ||
| Community Analytics | ||
| Topics in the History of Data in Social Context (Pathways Concept 1a – Advance Discourse Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities) | ||
| Digital History | ||
| Epidemiologic Concepts of Health and Disease | ||
| Modeling Infectious Diseases | ||
| Research Methods in Political Science | ||
| Quantitative Approaches to Community Research (Pathways Concept 5f – Foundational Quantitative and Computational Thinking) | ||
| Social Research Methods | ||
| Statistics for Social Science (Pathways Concept 5a – Advanced Quantitative and Computational Thinking) | ||
| Urban and Regional Analysis | ||
| Subtotal | 6 | |
| IV. Data and Decisions Capstone Requirement | ||
| BIT/MGT 4854 | Analytics in Action (Pathways Concept 1a – Advanced Discourse) | 3 |
| Subtotal | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 18 | |
18 total credit hours are required to complete the minor.
For the courses attempted for this minor, the student must have a GPA of 2.0 or better.
Some courses listed on this checksheet may have prerequisites. Students are required to double check course prerequisites and equivalents. Please see your advisor or consult the Undergraduate Course Catalog for more information.
CS 1014: CS 1114, or CS 1064, or CS 1054, or CS 1044.
STAT 3604: STAT 3005 or STAT 3615 or CMDA 2005*
*Note: If CMDA 2005 is taken for an Applying Data & Decisions Restricted Elective, 9 credits of Applying Data & Decisions Restricted Electives will be required for the minor, making the total minor requirements 21.
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