Undergraduate Education

Data driven inquiries play a role in a vast array of careers. The University of Arizona offers a spectrum of opportunities for undergraduates with interests in the Data Sciences. Students can choose a Data Science as both a major or a minor, complement their Data Science major with a minor or enhance their major with a Data Science minor.

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Statistics & Data Science

Building the theoretical foundations in probability and statistics, design modern statistical approaches like machine learning to data driven questions through the interaction of theory and computation.

Statistics & Data Science Undergraduate Degree

Computer Science

Technical aspect of programming - operating systems, systems software, algorithms, data visualization, designs for data storage and retrieval, challenges in cloud computing, its security and privacy.    

Computer Science Undergraduate Degree

Information Science

Computing and programming techniques, machine learning, data mining, data engineering, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, computational arts and media.

Information Science Undergraduate Degree

Management Information Systems

Applying computer technology, quantitative techniques, and administrative skills to the information processing to manage computerized information systems to meet the needs of business organizations.

Management Information Systems Undergraduate Degree

Systems and Industrial Engineering

Solving to engineering problems by integrating classical tools with modern data science, using optimization strategies and incorporating human factors to production systems analysis, logistics, and supply chain analysis.

Sytems and Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Degree

Population Health Data Science Minor

Understanding both of the underlying dynamics of health and medicine and also skills in how to manage, analyze, interpret big data, and collaborate with higher level data scientists.

Population Health Data Science Minor

Data Science in Your Future

Your ability to solve problems is enhanced by complementing your major with a data science minor.

For those who are planning to come to the University of Arizona to study data science, the table below gives the introductory mathematics, statistics, and computation required for the degree.

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  Statistics & Data Science Computer Science Information Science Systems & Industrial Engineering Management Information Systems
Mathematics Calc I, II, & III, Linear Algebra Calc I & Calc II or Linear Algebra Calc I Calc I, II, & III, Differential Equations College Algebra
Statistics Calc and Linear Algebra Based   College algebra based Calc based College algebra based
Computation R and Python Python or Java R and Python C or Python Java