Minor
Minor in Data Analytics
The minor in data analytics is an interdisciplinary program of study that incorporates statistics, computing and programming, data skills, and a problem-solving approach to data analysis. Required coursework instills the basic competencies expected of data scientists, including how to clean and explore data, work with databases, and build predictive models. The data science student is equipped with a set of statistical and methodological tools for drawing insights from real data and applying those insights to make decisions in various fields.
The choice of two interdisciplinary electives, which links the data analytics minor with the students' major field(s), provides the disciplinary element needed for doing data science. One of the required courses - STAT 375 - incorporates a data science project in which found data is analyzed and guided by disciplinary questions of interest, thus providing students with a mini-capstone experience.
A grade point average of 2.00 is required for all courses taken in residence that may be applied to the data analytics minor.
Requirements
Foundation Courses – 12 credits
- Choose ONE option:
- ECON 221 – SQ Statistics I (3)
- PSYC 201 – Basic Statistics (3)
- SOCI 120 – Basic Biostatistics (3)
- CSCI 260 – Introduction to Databases (3)
- STAT 210 – Regression Analysis (3)
- STAT 375 – Data Analysis and Statistical Computing (3)
Electives – 6 credits
While students may choose any two of the following elective courses in consultation with their major advisor or director of the statistics program, they are encouraged to pick electives which link the minor with their major fields.
- BIOL 312 – Parasitology (3)
- BIOL 405 – Evolution (3)
- BIOL 408 – Ecology (3)
- COMM 349 – Media Management and Economics (3)
- COMM 363 – Media Research and Analytics (3)
- CRIM 250 – Technology and Crime (3)
- CSCI 385 – Data Mining (3)
- ECON 314 – Introduction to Econometrics (3)
- ECON/SPST 330 – Economics of Sport (3)
- ECON 402 – Introduction to Game Theory (3)
- MGMT 345 – Applied Management Research (3)
- POSC 224 – P3 Campaigns and Elections (3)
- POSC 327 – Strategies in Politics (3)
- PSYC 204 – Advanced Statistics (3)
- PSYC 388 – Testing and Measurement (3)
- SPST 320 – Sport Marketing and Promotions (3)
- STAT 330 – Sample Survey Methods (3)
- STAT 345 – Predictive Analytics (3)
- STAT 370 – Meta-analysis (3)
- STAT 390 – Special Topics in Statistics (3)
Total: 18
Note: Only two courses applied to a student's major may also be used to satisfy a requirement in the minor.