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Program checklist · B.S.

Social Data Analytics

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington · New Kensington, PA

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Program
Award
B.S.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Credits (computed from items)
87
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214625
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214625_881fa05d
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements for the Major

major core · 0 items

    Prescribed Courses

    0 items

      Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

      19 items
      1. CMPSC 131
        Programming and Computation I: Fundamentals
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. CMPSC 132
        Programming and Computation II: Data Structures
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. CMPSC 221
        Object Oriented Programming with Web-Based Applications
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. CMPSC 360
        Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. DS 220
        3
      6. DS 300
        3
      7. DS 310
        3
      8. DS 330
        3
      9. MATH 140
        Calculus With Analytic Geometry I
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      10. MATH 141
        Calculus with Analytic Geometry II
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      11. MATH 220
        Matrices
        Not resolved to a course
        2
      12. PLSC 1
        American Politics: Principles, Processes and Powers
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      13. PLSC 10
        Scientific Study of Politics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. PLSC 309
        Quantitative Political Analysis
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      15. SODA 308
        Research Design for Social Data Analytics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      16. SODA 496
        Special Topics
        Not resolved to a course
        6
      17. STAT 184
        Introduction to R
        Not resolved to a course
        2
      18. STAT/MATH 318
        Elementary Probability
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      19. STAT 380
        Data Science Through Statistical Reasoning and Computation
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Additional Courses

      0 items

        Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

        22 items
        1. Select 3 credits from the following:
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        2. PLSC 3
          Comparing Politics around the Globe
          Not resolved to a course
        3. PLSC 7N
          Contemporary Political Ideologies
          Not resolved to a course
        4. PLSC 14
          International Relations
          Not resolved to a course
        5. PLSC 17N
          Introduction to Political Theory
          Not resolved to a course
        6. Select 3 credits from the following:
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        7. PHIL 106
          Business Ethics
          Not resolved to a course
        8. PHIL 107
          Philosophy of Technology
          Not resolved to a course
        9. PHIL 233Z
          Ethics and the Design of Technology
          Not resolved to a course
        10. PHIL 406
          Not resolved to a course
        11. PHIL 407
          Seminar in Philosophy of Technology
          Not resolved to a course
        12. Select 12 credits of PLSC courses at the 400 level of which at least 9 credits must be data intensive courses from a department list, including but not limited to PLSC 404, PLSC 429, PLSC 447, PLSC 476.
          Not resolved to a course
          12
        13. Select 9 credits from the following:
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        14. CMPSC 431W
          Database Management Systems
          Not resolved to a course
        15. CMPSC 448
          Machine Learning and Algorithmic AI
          Not resolved to a course
        16. CMPSC 465
          Data Structures and Algorithms
          Not resolved to a course
        17. DS 320
          3
        18. DS 402
          3
        19. DS/CMPSC 410
          Programming Models for Big Data
          Not resolved to a course
        20. STAT/MATH 319
          Elementary Mathematical Statistics
          Not resolved to a course
        21. STAT 440
          Computational Statistics
          Not resolved to a course
        22. STAT 464
          Applied Nonparametric Statistics
          Not resolved to a course

        Analytics courses from a department list

        0 items
          Source. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/liberal-arts/social-data-analytics-bs/. Captured page pages/0624.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.