Degree Plan

Program Overview

What students study

Students progress from programming, calculus, and statistics to advanced topics such as machine learning, optimization, database systems, big data analytics, and time series.

Program structure

The plan includes preparatory studies, core university requirements, college requirements, departmental requirements, data science electives, and technical electives.

Career readiness

Career Essentials, Summer Training, Web Engineering and Development, and Senior Design Projects help students connect theory with real-world practice.

Degree Plan by Academic Stage

Concise term-by-term presentation for web publishing.

Preparatory Year

31 Credit Hours

Term 1

16 CH

Course Code	Course Title	Credit
ENGL 01-xx	Prep. English I (First Quarter)	4
ENGL 02-xx	Prep. English II (Second Quarter)	4
MATH 001	Prep. Math I	4
PYP 001	Prep. Physical Science	2
PYP 003	Life Skills	1
PE 001	Prep. Health and Physical Educ. I	1

Term 2

15 CH

Course Code	Course Title	Credit
ENGL 03-xx	Prep. English III (Third Quarter)	4
ENGL 04-xx	Prep. English IV (Fourth Quarter)	4
MATH 002	Prep. Math II	4
PYP 002	Introduction to Digital Technologies	1
PYP 004	Prep. Eng. Technology	1
PE 002	Prep. Health and Physical Educ. II	1

First Year

32 Credit Hours

Term 1

16 CH

Course Code	Course Title	Credit
BUS 200	Business & Entrepreneurship	3
ENGL 101	Introduction to Academic Discourse	3
IAS 111	Belief and its Consequences	2
ICS 104	Intro. to Programming in Python & C	3
MATH 101	Calculus I	4
PE 101	Health & Physical Education I	1

Term 2

16 CH

Course Code	Course Title	Credit
ENGL 102	Introduction to Report Writing	3
IAS 121	Language Foundation	2
ICS 108	Object-Oriented Programming	4
MATH 102	Calculus II	4
MATH 210	Intro. to Sets and Structures	3

Second Year

33 Credit Hours

Term 1

17 CH

Course Code	Course Title	Credit
DATA 211	Intro. to Data Science	3
ENGL 214	Academic & Prof. Communication	3
IAS 212	Ethics and Governance	2
MATH 201	Calculus III	3
MATH 208	Differential Equations & Linear Algebra	3
STAT 201	Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists	3

Term 2

16 CH

Course Code	Course Title	Credit
COE 292	Intro. to Artificial Intelligence	3
DATA 201	Probability for Data Science	3
GS XXX	GS Elective	3
ICS 202	Data Structures and Algorithms	4
SWE 206	Introduction to Software Engineering	3

Third Year

34 Credit Hours

Term 1

17 CH

Course Code	Course Title	Credit
DATA 301	Data, Inference, and Decisions	3
DATA 311	Data Engineering	3
DATA 321	Matrix Theory for Data Science	3
DATA 361	Fundamentals of Database Systems	3
DATA XXX	Data Science Elective I	3
IAS XXX	Islamic/Arabic Elective	2

Term 2

16 CH

Course Code	Course Title	Credit
CGS 392	Career Essentials	1
DATA 322	Mathematical Modeling for Data Science	3
DATA 341	Statistical Methods for Data Science	3
DATA 391	Human Contexts and Ethics of Data	3
DATA XXX	Data Science Elective II	3
SWE 363	Web Engineering and Development	3

Summer Training

1 Credit Hour

Summer

1 CH

Course Code	Course Title	Credit
DATA 399	Summer Training	1

Fourth Year

30 Credit Hours

Term 1

15 CH

Course Code	Course Title	Credit
DATA 411	Senior Design Project I	0
DATA 421	Optimization for Data Science	3
DATA XXX	Data Science Elective III	3
ICS 485	Machine Learning	3
XE XXX	Technical Elective I	3
XE XXX	Technical Elective II	3

Term 2

15 CH

Course Code	Course Title	Credit
DATA 412	Senior Design Project II	3
DATA 471	Big Data Analytics	3
XE XXX	Technical Elective III	3
XE XXX	Technical Elective IV	3
STAT 460	Time Series (Analysis)	3

GS = General Studies CR = College Requirement DF = Department Foundation CE = Department Elective TE = Technical Elective MS = Mathematics and Sciences