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Prof MCS-DS Degree Program Worksheet

The document outlines the requirements for a professional MCS-DS degree program, including maintaining a 3.0 GPA, completing the degree within 5 years, and earning 32 credit hours. Students must earn 16 credit hours in breadth requirements across areas like data mining, data visualization, machine learning and cloud computing. They must also earn 12 credit hours in advanced 500-level coursework in statistical analysis, information science or capstone courses. Finally, students must earn 4 additional credit hours through other approved courses.

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Prof MCS-DS Degree Program Worksheet

The document outlines the requirements for a professional MCS-DS degree program, including maintaining a 3.0 GPA, completing the degree within 5 years, and earning 32 credit hours. Students must earn 16 credit hours in breadth requirements across areas like data mining, data visualization, machine learning and cloud computing. They must also earn 12 credit hours in advanced 500-level coursework in statistical analysis, information science or capstone courses. Finally, students must earn 4 additional credit hours through other approved courses.

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Professional MCS-DS Degree Program Requirements

Student Planning Worksheet


Name: COMMENTS
Must maintain an overall 3.0 GPA
Degree must be completed within 5 years
Complete 32 Credit Hours
Breadth Requirement (16 hrs) - Total Credit Hours Completed
Advanced Coursework (12 hrs) - Total Credit Hours Completed
Additional Coursework (4 hrs) - Total Credit Hours Completed
Total Credit Hours Completed

BREADTH REQUIREMENTS: 16 credit hours


Must complete at least one course from each area with a grade of B- or higher. (Accompanying MOOC courses are listed within parenthesis after the High-Engagement course
title.)
Data Mining (must select at least one) CREDIT HRS GRADE COMMENTS
CS 410 Text Information Systems
4
(Text Retrieval & Search Engines + Text Mining & Analytics)
CS 412 Intro to Data Mining (Pattern Discovery + Cluster Analysis) 4
Data Visualization (must select at least one)
CS 498 Data Visualization (Data Visualization) 4
Machine Learning (must select at least one)
CS 498 Applied Machine Learning (Applied Machine Learning) 4
Cloud Computing (must select at least one)
CS 425 Distributed Systems (Cloud Computing Concepts: Parts I & II) 4
CS 498 Cloud Computing Applications
4
(Cloud Computing Applications: Parts 1 & 2)
Total Credit Hours from Breadth Coursework - 16 credit hours

ADVANCED COURSEWORK: 12 credit hours (Any three courses from the list below; Grades must be C or higher)
500-LEVEL Courses (500-590 or 598) CREDIT HRS GRADE COMMENTS
Statistical Analysis
STAT 578 / CS 5XX Advanced Bayesian Modelling 4
STAT 542 / CS 5XX Practical Statistical Learning
4
(Model-Based Learning)
Information Science
LIS 531 / CS 598 Foundations of Data Curation
4
(Foundations of Data Curation)
LIS 531 / CS 598 Theory & Practice of Data Cleaning
4
(Theory & Practice of Data Cleaning)
Capstone Courses
CS 598 Data Mining Capstone (must have completed CS 410 and CS 412) 4
CS 598 Cloud Computing Capstone (must have completed CS 498 Cloud
4
Computing Applications and one other Cloud Computing breadth course)
Total Credit Hours from Advanced Coursework - 12 credit hours

ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK: 4 hours (Any course from the list below; Grade must be C or higher.)
CREDIT HRS GRADE COMMENTS
Statistical Analysis
STAT 420 Methods of Applied Statistics (Methods of Applied Statistics) 4
Or any other course from "Breadth Requirements" or "Advanced Coursework"
4
Total Credit Hours from Additional Coursework
(4 credit hrs)

4/13/2017

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