Minor in Data Science

As the demand for data fluency rises, students in virtually any major can benefit from understanding the basics of data science. A minor in data science can give students an edge in the classroom as well as in their careers after college.

Courses and requirements

This minor is intended to provide students with preliminary data collection, manipulation, access and/or analysis skills as are appropriate to data needs in their majors. (22-23 credits)

Students declaring a Data Science minor must earn a minimum of 19 credits as follows:

  • 3 credits – LTI/DSP 110
  • 3-4 credits – STA 409 or STA 307 or STA 308 or BAI 210
  • 3 credits – MTH 215
  • 4 credits – CSC 201 or CSC 211
  • 3-4 credits – CSC/DSP 310 or DSP/BIO 439
  • 3-4 credits – CSC 320 or AMS/DSP 393G

Optional: In addition each student is encouraged to take one class that is integrative and that is focused in applying data science principles/skills to a data intensive domain area. For example, CSC 499, STA 490, etc.

Contact and Advising

Natallia Katenka
Associate Professor | Director of Data Science
nkatenka@uri.edu