An undergraduate certificate introducing students to the basic tools of data science. This certificate is open to all students except Data Science majors, for whom all these courses are required components of the degree program. 

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion, students will be able to:

  1. Write simple python programs that can interact with external files to obtain and record information, including web sources. 
  2. Use python or R packages for data manipulation, data preparation and visualization. 
  3. Apply inferential reasoning using p-values, significance tests and confidence intervals to real world phenomena.
  4. Use R packages for data visualization.

Effective Fall 2025

Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.

DSCI 335Inferential Reasoning in Data Analysis3
DSCI 336Data Graphics and Visualization1
STAT 158Introduction to R Programming1
Select one course from the following:2-3
CS 150B
Culture and Coding: Python (GT-AH3)
CS 152
Python for STEM
Select one course from the following:2
DSCI 235
Data Wrangling
STAT 258
Advanced R Programming
Program Total Credits:9-10