2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Mathematics Comprehensive Major-Data Science Emphasis, 48-50 hours: B.A., B.S.—No Minor Required

CIP: 270101

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Recommended:
CSIS 44101Foundations of Computing

3

OR

CSIS 44130Computers and Information Technology

3

A Professions course chosen from:

INCO 77297Profession-Based Work Experience

1 to 3

MATH 17197Exploring Mathematics-Related Fields

1

Foundational Requirements (44 hours)

To achieve the common objectives, all students in this major are required to complete a common foundational set of 44 semester hours and participate in senior assessment. The area’s common foundational requirements are:

MATH 17114General Statistics *

3

MATH 17120Calculus I

4

MATH 17121Calculus II

5

MATH 17145Computational Reasoning and Data

3

MATH 17311Linear Algebra

3

MATH 17316Linear Statistical Models I

3

MATH 17318Linear Statistical Models II

3

MATH 17319Graph Theory

3

MATH 17333Probability and Statistics

3

MATH 17366Statistical Machine Learning for Pattern Recognition

3

MATH 17472Time Series Forecasting

3

MATH 17495Seminar in Mathematics

2

CSIS 44141Computer Programming I

3

CSIS 44413Visualization

3

MATH 17120: This course fulfills a Northwest Core requirement as well as a requirement of the major, but the number of credit hours may be counted only once toward the total number of credit hours required for graduation.

Approved electives

Choose 3 hours from business, computer science, or mathematics at 300/400/500 level.

Note: A B.A. degree also requires 9 credit hours of a modern language.

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours