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Certificate in Data Science
Lloyd Smith, Program Director
Cheek Hall, Room 316; Phone 417-836-4834
ComputerScience.MissouriState.edu
Program description
The Graduate Certificate in Data Science is a 12-credit hour program designed to provide advanced knowledge and skills in the field of data science, including data analysis, data mining, data visualization, statistical modeling, and feature engineering for machine learning.
Admission requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with a GPA of 2.75 GPA or higher.
- CSC 232 or equivalent.
Course requirements (12 hours)
Course Code | Course Title | Credit hours |
---|---|---|
Choose 4 courses from the following: | ||
CSC 630 | Introduction to Data Science | 3 hrs |
CSC 635 | Data Mining | 3 hrs |
CSC 735 | Data Analytics | 3 hrs |
CSC 736 | Machine Learning | 3 hrs |
CSC 737 | Deep Learning | 3 hrs |
OR |
Statistical Theory I OR Applied Statistics |
3 hrs |
Subject to Departmental approval CSC 612 (Advanced Database Systems) or CSC 798 (Graduate Project in Computer Science) may be substituted for a course in the list above. |
Completion requirements
Attain a combined course GPA of at least 3.00 in Date Science certificate courses.