Data Science & Analytics

Required Courses (18 Credits)

• CIS 512 INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE AND ANALYTICS (3 credits)
• CIS 600 MACHINE LEARNING FOR DATA SCIENCE (3 credits)
• MAT 646** INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS FOR DATA SCIENCE (3 credits)
• MAT 616** ELEMENTS OF MATHEMATICS, PROGRAMMING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR DATA SCIENCE (3 credits)
• DSA 688 Experiential Learning in Data Science and Analytics (3 credits)

One PLUS* courses:

• PSM 601 or PSM 602

* PLUS courses are business and communications courses. A requirement for this program to be considered a Professional Science Masters Program

**If you were a mathematics major as an undergraduate who completed a calculus based probability and statistics course then you will not take MAT 616 and MAT 646 but will take math courses from the Professional and Applied Computations Mathematics (PACM) program at Buffalo State by advisement.

Elective Courses (12 Credits)

• DSA 501 DATA ORIENTED COMPUTING AND ANALYTICS
• DSA 650 DATA STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE
• GEG 584 GEOSPATIAL PROGRAMMING
• GEG 585 WEB BASED MAPPING
• DSA 610 DATABASES AND THE DATA SCIENCE INFORMATION LIFE
• PSM 601 PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR MATH AND SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS
• HEA 730 DATA VISUALIZATION AND STORY TELLING
• DSA 587 TOPIC COURSES

Other courses available with advisement