MS with Major in Data Science and Analytics - Data Science and Engineering (DSAL) Concentration

Students enrolled in this concentration will take three core courses:

  1. CAP 5768  Introduction to Data Science
  2. CAP 6673  Data Mining and Machine Learning
  3. STA 5195  Biostatistics, or 
    ISM 6404  Introduction to Business Analytics & Big Data, or 
    POS 6934  Special Topics (Quantitative Methods)

Complete four concentration courses with prefix “CAP.”  Can also take CEN 6405 Computer Performance Modeling as one of the four concentration courses.                

Complete three elective courses (9crs) from the list below if Non-Thesis option.  Complete one course (3 crs) from the list below if Thesis option.

Database and Cloud Computing

  • CDA 6132  Multiprocessor Architecture                                  
  • CEN 5086  Cloud Computing                      
  • COP 6726  New Directions in Database Systems                               
  • COP 6731  Theory and Implementation of Database Systems                                     
  • ISM 6217   Database Management Systems                         

Data Mining and Machine Learning

  • CAP 5615   Introduction to Neural Networks                        
  • CAP 6546   Data Mining for Bioinformatics                            
  • CAP 6618   Machine Learning for Computer Vision                           
  • CAP 6619   Deep Learning                             
  • CAP 6629   Reinforcement Learning                         
  • CAP 6635   Artificial Intelligence                                 
  • CAP 6673   Data Mining and Machine Learning                                    
  • CAP 6778   Advanced Data Mining and Machine Learning                             
  • CAP 6776   Information Retrieval                                
  • CAP 6777   Web Mining                                    
  • CEN 6405   Computer Performance Modeling                                      
  • ISM 6136   Data Mining and Predictive Analytics                                 

Data Security and Privacy

  • CIS 6370   Computer Data Security                          
  • CTS 6319  Cyber Security: Measurement and Data Analysis                       
  • ISM 6328  Management of Information Assurance and Security                                 
  • MAD 5474  Introduction to Cryptology and Information Security                                 
  • MAD 6478  Cryptanalysis                                
  • PHY 6646  Quantum Mechanics/Computing 2                                    

Scientific Applications and Modeling

  • GIS 6028C  Photogrammetry & Aerial Photography Interpretation                              
  • GIS 6032C  LiDAR Remote Sensing and Applications                       
  • GIS 6061C  Web GIS                         
  • GIS 6112C  Geospatial Databases                             
  • GIS 6127   Hyperspectral Remote Sensing                           
  • GIS 6306   Spatial Data Analysis                                 
  • PHY 6938  Quantum Information Processing                      
  • PHZ 5156  Computational Physics                            
  • PHZ 7609  Numerical Relativity                                   

Social Data Science

  • ANG 6090  Advanced Anthropological Research 1                            
  • ANG 6092  Advanced Anthropological Research 2                            
  • ANG 6486  Quantitative Reasoning in Anthropological Research                               
  • CAP 6315  Social Networks and Big Data Analytics                          
  • COM 6316  Quantitative Communications Research                       
  • POS 6934   Quantitative Methods                              
  • POS 6736   Research Design in Political Science                                
  • SYA 6305    Seminar in Advanced Research Methods                      

Statistics and Data Applications

  • BSC 6459   Biomedical Data and Informatics                      
  • MTG 6329   Applied Computational Topology                       
  • STA 5195    Biostatistics                                   
  • STA 6106    Statistical Computing                              
  • STA 6177    Survival Analysis                        
  • STA 6197    Biostatistics – Longitudinal Data Analysis                                       
  • STA 6207    Applied Statistical Methods                                   
  • STA 6208    Regression Analysis                                   
  • STA 6326    Mathematical Statistics                          
  • STA 6857    Applied Time Series Analysis                                 

Business Analytics                         

  • CAP 6315   Social Networks and Big Data Analytics                         
  • CAP 6780   Big Data Analytics with Hadoop                         
  • CAP 6807   Computational Advertising & Real-time Data Analytics                          
  • ISM 6136  Data Mining and Predictive Analytics                                  
  • ISM 6217  Database Management Systems                         
  • ISM 6404  Introduction to Business Analytics and Big Data                          
  • ISM 6405  Advanced Business Analytics                                 
  • ISM 6555  Social Media and Web Analytics                          
  • QMB 6303  Data Management and Analysis with Excel                                     
  • QMB 6603  Data Analysis for Manager