## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The data science and business administration combined major integrates a
technical degree with the theory and practice of management through active
learning, problem-driven research, corporate partnerships, and experiential
assignments. Students 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. This program
reflects the impact of data in modern business practice.
* * *
  * 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 Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Computer Science Overview |   
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:|  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200")| First Year Seminar| 1  
or [BUSN 1102](/search/?P=BUSN%201102 "BUSN 1102")|  Personal Skill
Development for Business  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| Professional Development for Khoury
Co-op| 1  
or [BUSN 1103](/search/?P=BUSN%201103 "BUSN 1103")|  Professional Development
for Business Co-op  
Programming Sequence Pathways |   
Choose one of the two 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  
[DS 4420](/search/?P=DS%204420 "DS 4420")| Machine Learning and Data Mining 2|
4  
Khoury Elective |   
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and
appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division
electives.|  
Complete four semester hours of CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already
required. Choose courses within the following ranges:| 4  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500") or higher, except [CS
5010](/search/?P=CS%205010 "CS 5010")|  
CY 2000 or higher, except [CY 4930](/search/?P=CY%204930 "CY 4930")|  
[DS 2500](/search/?P=DS%202500 "DS 2500") or higher, except DS 4900|  
[IS 2000](/search/?P=IS%202000 "IS 2000") or higher, except IS 4900|  
## Business Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Required Business Courses|  
[ACCT 1201](/search/?P=ACCT%201201 "ACCT 1201")| Financial Accounting and
Reporting| 4  
[ACCT 2301](/search/?P=ACCT%202301 "ACCT 2301")| Profit Analysis for Managers
and Advisors| 4  
[FINA 2201](/search/?P=FINA%202201 "FINA 2201")| Financial Management| 4  
[INTB 1203](/search/?P=INTB%201203 "INTB 1203")| International Business and
Global Social Responsibility| 4  
[MKTG 2201](/search/?P=MKTG%202201 "MKTG 2201")| Introduction to Marketing| 4  
[ORGB 3201](/search/?P=ORGB%203201 "ORGB 3201")| Organizational Behavior| 4  
Business Elective|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[INNO 2301](/search/?P=INNO%202301 "INNO 2301")| Innovation!|  
[MISM 2301](/search/?P=MISM%202301 "MISM 2301")| Introduction to Information
Systems and Digital Technologies|  
[SCHM 2301](/search/?P=SCHM%202301 "SCHM 2301")| Supply Chain and Operations
Management|  
[STRT 4501](/search/?P=STRT%204501 "STRT 4501")| Strategy in Action|  
## Business Concentration
Complete a four-course business concentration from the following list.
  * [Accounting](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/accounting)
  * [Accounting and Advisory Services](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/accounting-advisory-services/index.html)
  * [Brand Management](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/brand-management/    )
  * [Corporate Innovation](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/corporate-innovation/)
  * [Entrepreneurial Startups](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/entrepreneurial-startups/)
  * [Family Business](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/family-business/)
  * [Finance](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/finance)
  * [Fintech](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/fintech/)
  * [Healthcare Management and Consulting](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/healthcare-management-consulting/)
  * [International Business](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/international-business/) (available only as a second concentration)
  * [Management](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/management)
  * [Marketing](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/marketing)
  * [Marketing Analytics](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/marketing-analytics/)
_Note: If the Marketing Analytics concentration is selected, an additional
general elective is required._
  * [Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/social-innovation-entrepreneurship/)
  * [Supply Chain Management](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/supply-chain-management)
## Integrative Course
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
[MKTG 4604](/search/?P=MKTG%204604 "MKTG 4604")| Creating Business Value with
Data and AI Technologies| 4  
## Supporting Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Mathematics|  
[MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| Calculus 1 for Science and
Engineering| 4  
or [MATH 1231](/search/?P=MATH%201231 "MATH 1231")|  Calculus for Business and
Economics  
Statistics |   
[MGSC 2301](/search/?P=MGSC%202301 "MGSC 2301")| Business Statistics| 4  
Economics|  
[ECON 1115](/search/?P=ECON%201115 "ECON 1115")| Principles of Macroeconomics|
4  
or [ECON 1116](/search/?P=ECON%201116 "ECON 1116")|  Principles of
Microeconomics  
## Computer Science Writing Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
College Writing|  
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| First-Year Writing| 4  
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines|  
[ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| Advanced Writing in the
Technical Professions| 4  
or [ENGW 3304](/search/?P=ENGW%203304 "ENGW 3304")|  Advanced Writing in the
Business Administration Professions  
or [ENGW 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")|  Interdisciplinary
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
## Required General Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete 16 semester hours of general electives.| 16  
## Business Cooperative Education
Complete one cooperative education experience.
## Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
## Business GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in business courses
## NUpath Requirements Satisfied
  * Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  * Ethical Reasoning
  * Interpreting Culture
  * Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  * Analyzing and Using Data
  * Understanding Societies and Institutions
  * 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 Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
Year 1  
---  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[ACCT 1201](/search/?P=ACCT%201201 "ACCT 1201")| 4| [CS
3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4| [ACCT 2301](/search/?P=ACCT%202301
"ACCT 2301")| 4| [FINA 2201](/search/?P=FINA%202201 "FINA 2201")| 4  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200") or [BUSN
1102](/search/?P=BUSN%201102 "BUSN 1102")| 1| [DS 2500](/search/?P=DS%202500
"DS 2500")  
and [DS 2501](/search/?P=DS%202501 "DS 2501")| 5| Elective| 4| Elective | 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [ECON 1115](/search/?P=ECON%201115 "ECON 1115") or [ 1116](/search/?P=ECON%201116 "ECON 1116")| 4|  |   
[DS 2000](/search/?P=DS%202000 "DS 2000")  
and [DS 2001](/search/?P=DS%202001 "DS 2001")| 4| [MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341") or [ 1231](/search/?P=MATH%201231 "MATH 1231")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |  |   
| 18|  | 17|  | 8|  | 8  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[DS 3000](/search/?P=DS%203000 "DS 3000")| 4| [CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210
"CS 1210") or [BUSN 1103](/search/?P=BUSN%201103 "BUSN 1103")| 1| [MKTG
2201](/search/?P=MKTG%202201 "MKTG 2201")| 4| Co-op|  
[DS 3500](/search/?P=DS%203500 "DS 3500")| 4| [DS 4200](/search/?P=DS%204200
"DS 4200")| 4| Elective| 4|  
[INTB 1203](/search/?P=INTB%201203 "INTB 1203")| 4| [DS 4300](/search/?P=DS%204300 "DS 4300")| 4|  |   
[MGSC 2301](/search/?P=MGSC%202301 "MGSC 2301")| 4| Business Elective| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op| | [DS 4400](/search/?P=DS%204400 "DS 4400")| 4| [ORGB 3201](/search/?P=ORGB%203201 "ORGB 3201")| 4| Co-op|   
| [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| 4| Business concentration
2| 4|  
| Business concentration 1| 4|  |   
| Khoury elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| | [DS 4420](/search/?P=DS%204420 "DS 4420")| 4|  |   
| [MKTG 4604](/search/?P=MKTG%204604 "MKTG 4604")| 4|  |   
| Business concentration 3| 4|  |   
| Business concentration 4| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 132  
## Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
Year 1  
---  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[ACCT 1201](/search/?P=ACCT%201201 "ACCT 1201")| 4| [CS
3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4| [ACCT 2301](/search/?P=ACCT%202301
"ACCT 2301")| 4| [FINA 2201](/search/?P=FINA%202201 "FINA 2201")| 4  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200") or [BUSN
1102](/search/?P=BUSN%201102 "BUSN 1102")| 1| [DS 2500](/search/?P=DS%202500
"DS 2500")  
and [DS 2501](/search/?P=DS%202501 "DS 2501")| 5| Elective| 4| Elective | 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [ECON 1115](/search/?P=ECON%201115 "ECON 1115") or [ 1116](/search/?P=ECON%201116 "ECON 1116")| 4|  |   
[DS 2000](/search/?P=DS%202000 "DS 2000")  
and [DS 2001](/search/?P=DS%202001 "DS 2001")| 4| [MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341") or [ 1231](/search/?P=MATH%201231 "MATH 1231")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |  |   
| 18|  | 17|  | 8|  | 8  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| 1| Co-op| | Co-op| | [MKTG 2201](/search/?P=MKTG%202201 "MKTG 2201")| 4  
[DS 3000](/search/?P=DS%203000 "DS 3000")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
[DS 3500](/search/?P=DS%203500 "DS 3500")| 4|  |  |   
[INTB 1203](/search/?P=INTB%201203 "INTB 1203")| 4|  |  |   
[MGSC 2301](/search/?P=MGSC%202301 "MGSC 2301")| 4|  |  |   
| 17|  | 0|  | 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| | [ORGB 3201](/search/?P=ORGB%203201 "ORGB 3201")| 4  
[DS 4300](/search/?P=DS%204300 "DS 4300")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
Business Elective| 4|  |  |   
Business concentration 1| 4|  |  |   
| 16|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
[DS 4400](/search/?P=DS%204400 "DS 4400")| 4| [DS 4420](/search/?P=DS%204420 "DS 4420")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| 4| [MKTG 4604](/search/?P=MKTG%204604 "MKTG 4604")| 4|  |   
Business Concentration 2| 4| Business concentration 3| 4|  |   
Khoury Elective| 4| Business concentration 4| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 132