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Program checklist · Minor

Data Science

University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Minor
Total credits (published)
6
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
215062
CourseShelf checklist
CK_215062_88c6ae46
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Core Requirements

major core · 4 items
  1. CIS 1200
    1
  2. CIS 4190/5190
    Applied Machine Learning 1
    Not resolved to a course
    or: STAT 4710 Modern Data Mining
    or: CIS 5200 Machine Learning
  3. NETS 2120
    Scalable and Cloud Computing
    or: CIS 2450 Big Data Analytics
    or: CIS 5450 Big Data Analytics
  4. ESE 3010
    Engineering Probability
    or: ESE 4020 Statistics for Data Science
    or: STAT 4300 Probability
    or: STAT 4310 Statistical Inference
    1

Data Science Electives

electives · 0 items

    Two electives required from two of the categories below. Approval required.

    electives · 0 items

      Data-Centric Programming

      5 items
      1. CIS 1050
      2. ENGR 1050
        Introduction
        As published: “Introduction to Scientific Computing”
        1
      3. ESE 3050
      4. STAT 4050
        Statistical Computing with R
        As published: “Statistical Computing with R 2”
      5. STAT 4700

      Statistics

      5 items
      1. BIOL 2510
      2. CIS 2610
        Discrete Probability, Stochastic Processes
        As published: “Discrete Probability, Stochastic Processes, and Statistical Inference”
        1
      3. ESE 3010
        1
      4. STAT 4300
        4
      5. STAT 4760

      Data Collection, Representation, Management and Retrieval

      5 items
      1. CIS 4550/5550
        Internet and Web Systems
        Not resolved to a course
      2. CIS 4500/5500
        Database and Information Systems
        Not resolved to a course
      3. NETS 2130
      4. OIDD 1050
      5. STAT 4750

      Data Analysis 1

      10 items
      1. CIS 4190/5190
        Applied Machine Learning
        Not resolved to a course
      2. CIS 4300/5300
        Natural Language Processing
        Not resolved to a course
      3. CIS 2210
        Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
        As published: “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence”
        or: CIS 5210 Artificial Intelligence
      4. CIS 5200
        1
      5. MKTG 2120
      6. MKTG 3090
        Experiments for Business Decision Making
        As published: “Experiments for Business Decision Making (Center Special Topic)”
        2
      7. STAT 4220
        Predictive Analytics for Business
        As published: “Predictive Analytics for Business 2”
      8. STAT 4350
      9. STAT 4710
      10. STAT 5200
        4

      Modeling

      2 items
      1. NETS 3120
      2. STAT 4330
        1
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