BS in Data Science
Middle Tennessee State University
Key Information
Campus location
Murfreesboro, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 1,178 / per credit *
Application deadline
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* in-state tuition per credit hour: $385 | out-of-state tuition per credit hour: $1,178
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Introduction
Students earning a bachelor's degree in data science will take courses in programming, statistics, analytics, database, and machine learning, as well as selecting a concentration in either Inferential Thinking, Business Intelligence, or Advanced Machine Learning. Students will also be able to put those skills to use through 'real-world' projects. A degree that truly makes you career-ready through courses and experiences to create data-driven problem solvers.
Students will also be able to put those skills to use through ‘real-world’ projects. A degree that truly makes you career-ready through courses and experiences to create a data-driven problem, solvers.
Admissions
Curriculum
Curriculum: Data Science
Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.
Students should consult their advisors each semester to plan their schedules.
Freshman Fall
- DATA 1500 - Introduction to Data Science 3 credit hours
- ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
- MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (Math)
- Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
- HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 16 Hours
Freshman Spring
- ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
- ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
- Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
- MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours or
- MATH 2050 - Probability and Statistics 3 credit hours or
- BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours
- HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 15 Hours
Sophomore Fall
- ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
- ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
- HUM 2610 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
- CSCI 1170 - Computer Science I 4 credit hours
- MATH 2530 - Applied Statistics II 3 credit hours
- Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
- Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 17 Hours
Sophomore Spring
- COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours
- CSCI 2170 - Computer Science II 4 credit hours
- MATH 2110 - Data Analysis 1 credit hour
- Elective/minor 3 credit hours
- Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
Subtotal: 15 Hours
Junior Fall
- BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours
- DATA 3500 - Data Cleansing and Feature Engineering 3 credit hours
- DS cognate 3 credit hours
- Elective/minor 6 credit hours
- Subtotal: 15 Hours
- Junior Spring
- DATA 3550 - Applied Predictive Modeling 3 credit hours
- Elective/minor 6 credit hours
- DS cognate 3 credit hours
- DS elective 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 15 Hours
Senior Fall
- INFS 4790 - Database Design and Development 3 credit hours
- DS cognate 3 credit hours
- DS elective 6 credit hours
- Elective/minor 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 15 Hours
Senior Spring
- DATA 4950 - Data Science Capstone 3 credit hours
- DS cognate 3 credit hours
- DS elective 3 credit hours
- Elective/minor 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 12 Hours
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
- Business Analyst
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Data Analyst
- Data Analytics Consultant
- Data Architect
- Data Engineer
- Data Infrastructure Engineer
- Data Mining Engineer
- Database Administrator
- Junior Data Scientist
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Marketing Analyst
- Operations Analyst
- Quantitative Analyst
- Software Developer
- Systems Analyst
Career path with experience or additional education:
- AI Engineer
- Data Scientist
- Quantitative Researcher
- Statistician
English Language Requirements
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