Interdisciplinary Programs Major, BA - Computational Social Science Concentration (uTrack Requirements)

Campus: Knoxville

uTrack Requirements (College of Arts and Sciences)

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Following the sample academic plan and its uTrack milestones will help students stay on track to graduate in four years. For specific course requirements, refer to the description of the major and the Arts and Sciences requirements  listed in the Catalog, and consult an academic advisor.

Term 1

• Elective 1 Credit Hour
• Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective w/Lab 4 Credit Hours *
• Social Sciences (SS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

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• Select one course:

• COSC 111 - Computational Thinking and the Art of Programming 3 Credit Hours *
• DATA 101 - Data Knowledge and Discovery 3 Credit Hours *

Term 2

• Arts and Humanities (AH)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Natural Sciences (NS)  w/Lab 4 Credit Hours * (continuation of sequence)
• Foreign Language 3 Credit Hours (intermediate level)

• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• STAT 201 - Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Arts and Humanities (Lit/Phil/Rel Thought ) Elective 3 Credit Hours *  
• Oral Communication (OC)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Foreign Language 3 Credit Hours (intermediate level)

• INSC 260 - Programming for Information Applications 3 Credit Hours

Term 4

• Non-U.S. History 3 Credit hours*
• Social Sciences (SS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Written Communication (WC)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Elective 3 Credit Hours

• CSS 201 - Computational Social Science 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• ² Connections 3 Credit Hours
• Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Non-U.S. History 3 Credit hours* (continuation of sequence)
• Engaged Inquiries (EI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• INSC 305 - Internet and Society 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• ² Connections 3 Credit Hours
• Computational Social Sciences Elective 6 Credit Hours (300-400 level major courses)
• ³ Engaged Inquiries (EI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• INSC 486 - Data Analytics 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• ⁴ Computational Social Science Elective 6 Credit Hours (300-400 level major courses)
• Applied Oral Communication (AOC)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹ Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ³ Engaged Inquiries (EI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

Term 8

• ² Connections 3 Credit Hours
• ⁴ Computational Social Science Elective 3 Credit Hours (300-400 level major courses)
• ¹ Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ³ Engaged Inquiries (EI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• CSS 499 - Capstone in Computational Social Science 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

1. All students must complete at least 42 upper-division (300-400 level) hours in order to receive a degree from the College of Arts and Sciences.
2. The Connections requirement may be satisfied in one of three ways: (1) by completing 9 hours from one of the approved Connections packages, (2) by completing the requirements for a second major or minor, or (3) by completing 9 hours of study abroad coursework. All students must complete at least 42 upper-division (300-400 level) hours in order to receive a degree from the College of Arts and Sciences.
3. Engaged Inquiries electives must total 9 credit hours from two or more subjects
4. Students need to accumulate 15 Credit Hours (at least 5 Courses) of upper-level courses from the list below (“Computational Social Science elective courses”).

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements.

Computational Social Science elective courses

Students need to accumulate 15 Credit Hours (at least 5 Courses) from this list. Please consult course catalog for any prerequisite requirements.

• CLAS 446 - Archaeological Statistics 3 Credit Hours *
• COSC 325 - Introduction to Machine Learning 3 Credit Hours
• COSC 421 - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience 3 Credit Hours *
• COSC 426 - Introduction to Data Engineering 3 Credit Hours
• COSC 445 - Fundamentals of Digital Archeology 3 Credit Hours
• COSC 465 - Databases and Scripting Languages 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 311 - Geovisualization and Geographic Information Science 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 312 - First Steps in GIS Programming 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 409 - GIS for Environmental and Socio-Economic Applications 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 411 - Intermediate Geographic Information Science 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 414 - Spatial Data Management 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 415 - Quantitative Methods in Geography 4 Credit Hours *
• HBS 301 - Thinking Analytically 3 Credit Hours
• HBS 302 - Visualizing and Communicating Policy Data 3 Credit Hours
• HBS 481 - Policy Lab I 3 Credit Hours
• HBS 482 - Policy Lab II 3 Credit Hours
• IE 465 - Applied Data Science 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 384 - Database Design 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 484 - Database Applications 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 489 - Information Visualization 3 Credit Hours
• MATH 323 - Probability and Statistics 3 Credit Hours
• MATH 371 - Numerical Algorithms 3 Credit Hours
• MATH 423 - Probability 3 Credit Hours
• MATH 426 - Statistics for Risk Modeling 3 Credit Hours
• MATH 424 - Stochastic Processes 3 Credit Hours
• MATH 425 - Statistics 3 Credit Hours
• PSYC 385 - Statistics in Psychology 3 Credit Hours *