The economics concentration in the data science major provides students with the technical and theoretical foundations in data science while also allowing for a focus on economics.
Course Information
ECONOMICS CONCENTRATION COURSE MAP
| Freshman Year | Credits |
|---|---|
| DSCI 100 First Year Seminar in Data Science | 1 |
| CS 163 or 164 Introduction to Programming with Java | 4 |
| MATH 160 Calculus for Physical Scientists I (Section for Data Science majors) | 4 |
| CO 150 College Composition | 3 |
| ECON 202 | 3 |
| CS 165 Java Data Structures | 4 |
| MATH 161 Calculus for Physical Scientists II (Section for Data Science majors) | 4 |
| STAT 158 Introduction to R Programming | 1 |
| STAT 315 Statistics for Engineers and Scientists | 3 |
| ECON 204 | 3 |
| Sophomore Year | Credits |
|---|---|
| CS 220 Discrete Structures with Python | 4 |
| MATH 261 Calculus III | 4 |
| STAT 341 Statistical Data Analysis I | 3 |
| ECON 306 | 3 |
| DSCI 235 Data Wrangling | 2 |
| DSCI 369 Linear Algebra for Data Science | 4 |
| MATH 151 MATLAB | 1 |
| STAT 342 Statistical Data Analysis II | 3 |
| ECON 211 | 3 |
| ECON 304 | 3 |
| Junior Year | Credits |
|---|---|
| DSCI 320 Optimization Methods in Data Science | 3 |
| ECON/AREC 335 | 3 |
| ARTS/HUMAN | 3 |
| HIST PERSP | 3 |
| JTC 300 or CO 300 or CO 301B or CO 302 | 3 |
| DSCI 335 Inferential Reasoning in Data Analysis | 3 |
| DSCI 336 Data Graphics and Visualization | 1 |
| DSCI ELECTIVE (CS 253, MATH 317, 332, 451, STAT 430, 440, DSCI 473/475) | 3-4 |
| ECON 435 | 3 |
| ARTS/HUMAN | 3 |
| BIO/PHYS SCI | 3 |
| Senior Year | Credits |
|---|---|
| DSCI 445 Statistical Machine Learning | 3 |
| DSCI ELECTIVE (CS 253, 270, 320, 370, MATH 301, 317, 331, 360, 450, STAT 400, 420) | 3-4 |
| ECON ELECTIVE | 3 |
| BIO/PHYS SCI | 4 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 |
| DSCI 478 Capstone Group Project in Data Science | 4 |
| DSCI ELECTIVE (CS 253, 270, 320, 370, STAT 430, 440, MATH 317, 332, 451, DSCI 473/475) | 3-4 |
| ECON ELECTIVE | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | 3 |
