Data Science Major, BS in Data Science

Campus: Knoxville, Distance Education

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Not every course is offered each term or available in all modalities. Students should review their degree audit regularly and work closely with their academic advisor to plan their courses and ensure timely progress toward degree completion based on course availability in their declared modality.

uTrack Requirements

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.

Term 1

• Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• DATA 101* - Data Knowledge and Discovery 3 Credit Hours
• CECS 101* - Design Your Career, Design Your Degree 3 Credit Hours
• CECS 250 - Computational and Mathematical Tools for Data Science and Applied Artificial Intelligence 3 Credit Hours
• ENGL 101* - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours (or equivalent)

Term 2

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

• DATA 102* - Data Stewardship and Ethics 3 Credit Hours
• ENGL 102* - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours (or equivalent)

Term 3

• Arts and Humanities (AH)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Written Communication (WC)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹ TOPS Elective 3 Credit Hours

• DATA 202* - Data Management and Visualization 3 Credit Hours

Term 4

• Global Citizenship - International (GCI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Oral Communication (OC)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹ TOPS Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ¹ TOPS Elective 3 Credit Hours

• DATA 203* - Analytical Methods of Data Science 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• ² Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ² Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹ TOPS Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

• DATA 303 - Advanced Data Analysis 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• ¹ TOPS Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ¹ TOPS Elective 3 Credit Hours
•  Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

• DATA 304 - Data Wrangling 3 Credit Hours
• CECS 399 - CECS Transdisciplinary Capstone 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• ¹ TOPS Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

• DATA 401 - Visual Analytics 3 Credit Hours

• Select one course:

• CECS 365 - Service to Community 3 Credit Hours
• CECS 375 - Internship in Emerging Technologies 3 Credit Hours
• 3  CECS 485* - Transdisciplinary Research Projects in Emerging Technologies 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ¹ TOPS Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ¹ TOPS Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Unrestricted Elective 2-3 Credit Hours

• CECS 499* - CECS Senior Transdisciplinary Capstone 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

1. See Transdisciplinary Options (TOPS) Electives Requirements below for additional information.
2. Expanded Perspectives Electives must total 6 credit hours from any courses on the approved Arts and Humanities (AH), Social Sciences (SS), Global Citizenship - International (GCI), or Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS) or Applied Arts and Humanities (AAH) lists
3. CECS 485*  has a prerequisite of CECS 385 .

* Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.

Transdisciplinary Options (TOPS) Requirements

1. Students must take 30 credit hours of Transdisciplinary Options (TOPS) credit.  
2. Students must complete at least one certificate, minor, second major, or a second bachelor’s degree listed in the undergraduate catalog . 
3. Students may select program electives from list below to satisfy TOPS credit requirements after completing one certificate, minor, second major, or second bachelor’s degree.