## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The data science and public health combined major offers students a strong
foundation and experiential education integrating studies in public health and
data science. The program covers the social determinants of health,
biostatistics and epidemiology, health communication, and health education and
program planning. Students have an opportunity to study the collection,
manipulation, storage, retrieval, and computational analysis of data in its
various forms, including numeric, textual, image, and video data from small to
large volumes.
* * *
  * Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
  * Certain options within the program may be  _required_ at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 
* * *
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete
any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified
and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major
requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
## Data Science Requirements
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Programming Sequence Pathways |   
Complete one of the following options:| 12  
_Computer Science Option_|  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| Fundamentals of Computer
Science 1  
and Lab for CS 2500|  
[CS 2510](/search/?P=CS%202510 "CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| Fundamentals of Computer
Science 2  
and Lab for CS 2510|  
[CS 3500](/search/?P=CS%203500 "CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| Object-Oriented Design  
and Lab for CS 3500|  
_Data Science Option_|  
[DS 2000](/search/?P=DS%202000 "DS 2000")  
and [DS 2001](/search/?P=DS%202001 "DS 2001")| Programming with Data  
and Data Science Programming Practicum|  
[DS 2500](/search/?P=DS%202500 "DS 2500")  
and [DS 2501](/search/?P=DS%202501 "DS 2501")| Intermediate Programming with
Data  
and Lab for DS 2500|  
[DS 3500](/search/?P=DS%203500 "DS 3500")| Advanced Programming with Data|  
Computer Science Required Courses|  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| Discrete Structures  
and Seminar for CS 1800| 5  
[CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| Introduction to Databases| 4  
Data Science Foundations |   
[DS 3000](/search/?P=DS%203000 "DS 3000")| Foundations of Data Science| 4  
[DS 4200](/search/?P=DS%204200 "DS 4200")| Information Presentation and
Visualization| 4  
[DS 4300](/search/?P=DS%204300 "DS 4300")| Large-Scale Information Storage and
Retrieval| 4  
[DS 4400](/search/?P=DS%204400 "DS 4400")| Machine Learning and Data Mining 1|
4  
## Supporting Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Introduction to College| 1  
Must be taken in alignment with your home college: |   
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200")| First Year Seminar|  
[HSCI 1000](/search/?P=HSCI%201000 "HSCI 1000")| College: An Introduction|  
Ethics|  
Complete one of the following: | 4  
[BIOL 2329](/search/?P=BIOL%202329 "BIOL 2329")| Bioethics|  
[PHIL 1165](/search/?P=PHIL%201165 "PHIL 1165")| Moral and Social Problems in
Healthcare|  
Mathematics|  
[MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| Calculus 1 for Science and
Engineering| 4  
or [MATH 1241](/search/?P=MATH%201241 "MATH 1241")|  Calculus 1  
Statistics | 4-5  
Complete one of the following: |   
[ENVR 2500](/search/?P=ENVR%202500 "ENVR 2500")  
and [ENVR 2501](/search/?P=ENVR%202501 "ENVR 2501")  
and [ENVR 2502](/search/?P=ENVR%202502 "ENVR 2502")| Biostatistics  
and Lab for ENVR 2500  
and Recitation for ENVR 2500|  
[MATH 3081](/search/?P=MATH%203081 "MATH 3081")| Probability and Statistics|  
[PHTH 2210](/search/?P=PHTH%202210 "PHTH 2210")| Foundations of Biostatistics|  
Professional Development| 1  
Must be taken in alignment with your home college: |   
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| Professional Development for Khoury
Co-op|  
[HSCI 2000](/search/?P=HSCI%202000 "HSCI 2000")| Professional Development for
Bouvé Co-op|  
##  Public Health Requirements
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Public Health Core Courses|  
[PHTH 1260](/search/?P=PHTH%201260 "PHTH 1260")| The American Healthcare
System| 4  
or [PHTH 1261](/search/?P=PHTH%201261 "PHTH 1261")|  Comparative Healthcare
Systems  
[PHTH 2300](/search/?P=PHTH%202300 "PHTH 2300")| Communication Skills for the
Health Professions| 4  
or [PHTH 2301](/search/?P=PHTH%202301 "PHTH 2301")|  Communication Skills for
the Health Professions—Global  
[PHTH 2350](/search/?P=PHTH%202350 "PHTH 2350")| Community and Public Health|
4  
or [PHTH 2351](/search/?P=PHTH%202351 "PHTH 2351")|  Community and Public
Health - Global  
[PHTH 2515](/search/?P=PHTH%202515 "PHTH 2515")| Healthcare Policy and
Administration| 4  
[PHTH 4120](/search/?P=PHTH%204120 "PHTH 4120")| Global Perspectives on
Discrimination and Health| 4  
[PHTH 4202](/search/?P=PHTH%204202 "PHTH 4202")| Principles of Epidemiology in
Medicine and Public Health| 4  
[PHTH 4540](/search/?P=PHTH%204540 "PHTH 4540")| Health Education and Program
Planning| 4  
Science Core Courses|  
[PSYC 1101](/search/?P=PSYC%201101 "PSYC 1101")| Foundations of Psychology| 4  
_Biology_|  _8-10_  
Complete one of the following options:|  
Option 1|  
[BIOL 1141](/search/?P=BIOL%201141 "BIOL 1141")| Microbes and Society|  
or [BIOL 1143](/search/?P=BIOL%201143 "BIOL 1143")|  Biology and Society  
[BIOL 1147](/search/?P=BIOL%201147 "BIOL 1147")| The Human Organism|  
Option 2|  
[BIOL 1111](/search/?P=BIOL%201111 "BIOL 1111")  
and [BIOL 1112](/search/?P=BIOL%201112 "BIOL 1112")| General Biology 1  
and Lab for BIOL 1111|  
[BIOL 1113](/search/?P=BIOL%201113 "BIOL 1113")  
and [BIOL 1114](/search/?P=BIOL%201114 "BIOL 1114")| General Biology 2  
and Lab for BIOL 1113|  
Social Science Selectives| 7-8  
_Introductory Course_|  
Complete one of the following:|  
[ANTH 1101](/search/?P=ANTH%201101 "ANTH 1101")| Peoples and Cultures|  
[COMM 1225](/search/?P=COMM%201225 "COMM 1225")| Communication Theory|  
[ECON 1115](/search/?P=ECON%201115 "ECON 1115")  
and [ECON 1125](/search/?P=ECON%201125 "ECON 1125")| Principles of
Macroeconomics  
and Recitation for ECON 1115|  
[ECON 1116](/search/?P=ECON%201116 "ECON 1116")  
and [ECON 1126](/search/?P=ECON%201126 "ECON 1126")| Principles of
Microeconomics  
and Recitation for ECON 1116|  
[ENGL 1300](/search/?P=ENGL%201300 "ENGL 1300")| Introduction to Health and
Humanities|  
[HUSV 1101](/search/?P=HUSV%201101 "HUSV 1101")| Social Change and Human
Services|  
[INTL 1101](/search/?P=INTL%201101 "INTL 1101")| Globalization and
International Affairs|  
[PHIL 1101](/search/?P=PHIL%201101 "PHIL 1101")| Introduction to Philosophy|  
[POLS 1160](/search/?P=POLS%201160 "POLS 1160")| International Relations|  
[SOCL 1101](/search/?P=SOCL%201101 "SOCL 1101")| Introduction to Sociology|  
_Upper-Level Course_|  
Complete one of the following:|  
Society and Behavior|  
[ANTH 3441](/search/?P=ANTH%203441 "ANTH 3441")| Medical Anthropology|  
[COMM 3201](/search/?P=COMM%203201 "COMM 3201")| Health Communication|  
[COMM 4102](/search/?P=COMM%204102 "COMM 4102")| Health Communication
Campaigns|  
[CRIM 3040](/search/?P=CRIM%203040 "CRIM 3040")| Psychology of Crime|  
[ECON 3420](/search/?P=ECON%203420 "ECON 3420")| Urban Economic Issues|  
[HLTH 5280](/search/?P=HLTH%205280 "HLTH 5280")| The (in)Visibility of
(dis)Ability in Society|  
[PHTH 5222](/search/?P=PHTH%205222 "PHTH 5222")| Health Advocacy|  
[PSYC 3402](/search/?P=PSYC%203402 "PSYC 3402")| Social Psychology|  
[PSYC 3404](/search/?P=PSYC%203404 "PSYC 3404")| Developmental Psychology|  
[PSYC 3450](/search/?P=PSYC%203450 "PSYC 3450")| Learning and Motivation|  
[SOCL 3241](/search/?P=SOCL%203241 "SOCL 3241")| Violence and Society|  
[SOCL 3441](/search/?P=SOCL%203441 "SOCL 3441")| Sociology of Health and
Illness|  
[SOCL 4520](/search/?P=SOCL%204520 "SOCL 4520")| Race, Class, and Gender|  
Globalization and Global Health|  
[AFCS 3424](/search/?P=AFCS%203424 "AFCS 3424")| Epidemiology of Pandemic
Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora|  
[ECON 3404](/search/?P=ECON%203404 "ECON 3404")| International Food Policy|  
[INTL 3200](/search/?P=INTL%203200 "INTL 3200")| Cities in a Global Context|  
or [INTL 3201](/search/?P=INTL%203201 "INTL 3201")|  Cities in a Global
Context (Abroad)  
[INTL 3400](/search/?P=INTL%203400 "INTL 3400")| International Conflict and
Negotiation|  
[PHTH 5230](/search/?P=PHTH%205230 "PHTH 5230")| Global Health|  
[POLS 3487](/search/?P=POLS%203487 "POLS 3487")| Politics of Developing
Nations|  
Environmental Health and Climate Change|  
[COMM 3500](/search/?P=COMM%203500 "COMM 3500")| Environmental Issues,
Communication, and the Media|  
[ECON 3423](/search/?P=ECON%203423 "ECON 3423")| Environmental Economics|  
[INTL 5100](/search/?P=INTL%205100 "INTL 5100")| Climate and Development|  
or [PPUA 5100](/search/?P=PPUA%205100 "PPUA 5100")|  Climate and Development  
[PHTH 5214](/search/?P=PHTH%205214 "PHTH 5214")| Environmental Health|  
[PPUA 5238](/search/?P=PPUA%205238 "PPUA 5238")| Climate Change and Global
Urbanization|  
Law, Policy, and Human Rights|  
[ECON 3424](/search/?P=ECON%203424 "ECON 3424")| Law and Economics|  
[PHIL 5001](/search/?P=PHIL%205001 "PHIL 5001")| Global Justice|  
[PHIL 5002](/search/?P=PHIL%205002 "PHIL 5002")| Ethics and Public Policy|  
[POLS 3307](/search/?P=POLS%203307 "POLS 3307")| Public Policy and
Administration|  
Healthcare Administration and Management|  
[ECON 3413](/search/?P=ECON%203413 "ECON 3413")| Health Economics and
Healthcare Policy|  
[MGMT 3340](/search/?P=MGMT%203340 "MGMT 3340")| Healthcare Management,
Innovation, and Design|  
[ORGB 3201](/search/?P=ORGB%203201 "ORGB 3201")| Organizational Behavior|  
[PHTH 4511](/search/?P=PHTH%204511 "PHTH 4511")| Healthcare Management|  
[PHTH 5232](/search/?P=PHTH%205232 "PHTH 5232")| Evaluating Healthcare
Quality|  
[PHTH 5234](/search/?P=PHTH%205234 "PHTH 5234")| Economic Perspectives on
Health Policy|  
## Writing Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
College Writing |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| First-Year Writing| 4  
or [ENGW 1102](/search/?P=ENGW%201102 "ENGW 1102")|  First-Year Writing for
Multilingual Writers  
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines |   
[ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| Advanced Writing in the
Technical Professions| 4  
or [ENGW 3306](/search/?P=ENGW%203306 "ENGW 3306")|  Advanced Writing in the
Health Professions  
or [ENGW 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")|  Interdisciplinary
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
## Integrative Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
[DS 4420](/search/?P=DS%204420 "DS 4420")| Machine Learning and Data Mining 2|
4  
## Required General Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete 20 semester hours of general electives. | 20  
## Public Health Major Requirement
A grade of C or higher is required for all BIOL, HSCI, and PHTH courses. A
grade of C or higher is required for the courses in the Social Science
Selectives.
## Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
## NUpath Requirements Satisfied
  * Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  * Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation
  * Interpreting Culture
  * Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  * Understanding Societies and Institutions
  * Analyzing and Using Data
  * Employing Ethical Reasoning
  * Engaging Differences and Diversity
  * Writing in the First Year
  * Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
  * Writing-Intensive in the Major
  * Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Capstone
  * Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-op
## Program Requirement
130 total semester hours required
Sample Plans of Study
### Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
Year 1  
---  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200") or [HSCI
1000](/search/?P=HSCI%201000 "HSCI 1000")| 1| [DS 2500](/search/?P=DS%202500
"DS 2500")  
and [DS 2501](/search/?P=DS%202501 "DS 2501")| 5| [DS
3000](/search/?P=DS%203000 "DS 3000")| 4| Vacation|  
[DS 2000](/search/?P=DS%202000 "DS 2000")  
and [DS 2001](/search/?P=DS%202001 "DS 2001")| 4| [ENGW
1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4| [PHTH
2350](/search/?P=PHTH%202350 "PHTH 2350")| 4|  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [PSYC 1101](/search/?P=PSYC%201101 "PSYC 1101")| 4|  |   
[PHTH 1260](/search/?P=PHTH%201260 "PHTH 1260")| 4| BIOL | 4|  |   
BIOL | 4|  |  |   
| 18|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[DS 3500](/search/?P=DS%203500 "DS 3500")| 4| [CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210
"CS 1210") or [HSCI 2000](/search/?P=HSCI%202000 "HSCI 2000")| 1| Elective| 4|
Co-op|  
[MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341") or [
1241](/search/?P=MATH%201241 "MATH 1241")| 4| [DS 4200](/search/?P=DS%204200
"DS 4200")| 4| [PHTH 2515](/search/?P=PHTH%202515 "PHTH 2515")| 4|  
Elective| 4| [CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4|  |   
[PHTH 2300](/search/?P=PHTH%202300 "PHTH 2300")| 4| [PHTH 2210](/search/?P=PHTH%202210 "PHTH 2210")| 4|  |   
| Social science introduction| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op| | [PHTH 4202](/search/?P=PHTH%204202 "PHTH 4202")| 4| [PHTH 4540](/search/?P=PHTH%204540 "PHTH 4540")| 4| Co-op|   
[ENGW 3306](/search/?P=ENGW%203306 "ENGW 3306"), [
3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302"), or [ 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315
"ENGW 3315")1| 4| [DS 4300](/search/?P=DS%204300 "DS 4300")| 4| Elective| 4|  
| [DS 4400](/search/?P=DS%204400 "DS 4400")| 4|  |   
| Ethics | 4|  |   
| 4|  | 16|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| | [DS 4420](/search/?P=DS%204420 "DS 4420")| 4|  |   
Elective1| 4| [PHTH 4120](/search/?P=PHTH%204120 "PHTH 4120")| 4|  |   
| Social science upper level| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 4|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 132  
1
Students may fulﬁll one course during each co-op or take two courses instead
of vacation.
### Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
Year 1  
---  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200") or [HSCI
1000](/search/?P=HSCI%201000 "HSCI 1000")| 1| [DS 2500](/search/?P=DS%202500
"DS 2500")  
and [DS 2501](/search/?P=DS%202501 "DS 2501")| 5| [DS
3000](/search/?P=DS%203000 "DS 3000")| 4| Vacation|  
[DS 2000](/search/?P=DS%202000 "DS 2000")  
and [DS 2001](/search/?P=DS%202001 "DS 2001")| 4| [ENGW
1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4| [PHTH
2350](/search/?P=PHTH%202350 "PHTH 2350")| 4|  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [PSYC 1101](/search/?P=PSYC%201101 "PSYC 1101")| 4|  |   
[PHTH 1260](/search/?P=PHTH%201260 "PHTH 1260")| 4| BIOL| 4|  |   
BIOL| 4|  |  |   
| 18|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210") or [HSCI 2000](/search/?P=HSCI%202000 "HSCI 2000")| 1| Co-op| | Co-op| | Elective| 4  
[DS 3500](/search/?P=DS%203500 "DS 3500")| 4| Elective1| 4|  | [PHTH 2515](/search/?P=PHTH%202515 "PHTH 2515")| 4  
[MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341") or [ 1241](/search/?P=MATH%201241 "MATH 1241")| 4|  |  |   
[PHTH 2300](/search/?P=PHTH%202300 "PHTH 2300")| 4|  |  |   
[PHTH 2210](/search/?P=PHTH%202210 "PHTH 2210")| 4|  |  |   
| 17|  | 4|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[DS 4200](/search/?P=DS%204200 "DS 4200")| 4| Co-op| | Co-op| | Elective| 4  
[CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4| [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302"), [ 3306](/search/?P=ENGW%203306 "ENGW 3306"), or [ 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")1| 4|  | [PHTH 4540](/search/?P=PHTH%204540 "PHTH 4540")| 4  
Ethics | 4|  |  |   
Social science introduction| 4|  |  |   
| 16|  | 4|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
[PHTH 4202](/search/?P=PHTH%204202 "PHTH 4202")| 4| [DS 4420](/search/?P=DS%204420 "DS 4420")| 4|  |   
[DS 4300](/search/?P=DS%204300 "DS 4300")| 4| [PHTH 4120](/search/?P=PHTH%204120 "PHTH 4120")| 4|  |   
[DS 4400](/search/?P=DS%204400 "DS 4400")| 4| Social science upper level| 4|  |   
Elective| 4| Elective| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 132