• MATH 110 Calculus I
  
• MATH 115 Calculus II
  
• MATH 175 Linear Algebra
  
• MATH 160 Discrete Math
  
• MATH 205 Math Statistics I
  
• MATH 310 Math Statistics II

• CSCI 111 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
  
• CSCI 204 Data Structures and Algorithms
  
• CSCI 367 Database Capstone

• ANTH 208 Ethnographic Methods
• ANTH 240 Quantitative Theory and Technique
• ECON 302 Marketing Research Workshop
• ECON 303 Econometrics
• ECON 251 Quantitative Methods in Economics
• POLS 201 Research Methods in Political Science and Health
• POLS 207/PSYC 207 Political Psychology of Identity
• SOCI 205 Social Statistics
• SOCI 211 Research Methods

• BIOL 247 Biometrics
• PSYC 161 Research Methods and Statistics I
• PSYC 162 Research Methods and Statistics II

• ART 325 Graphic Design
• CPLT 215/WRIT 215 Counting, Writing, Seeing
• ENVS 260/JOUR 350/MDST 350 Media and the Anthropocene

In this course students learn what data work involves, including a discussion of data ethics, and get introduced to popular data tools such as R, Tableau, SQL. Students also learn what a career in data work looks like, and they get to connect with an alumnus/a in data science/analytics to learn more about the field from a practitioner.

Data visualization is the process by which information is displayed in graphical form, to investigate patterns in datasets and communicate results. This course covers methods of data visualization, centering on two areas: data visualization as exploration and data visualization as communication. Students discuss univariate, bivariate, and multivariate comparisons and use multiple programs to generate visualizations. Each student will create a final portfolio project on a topic of their choice. Prerequisite: None, but preference given to data science and data analytics majors.

As the senior seminar in data science and data analytics, this course provides a synthesis of concepts and skills learned by DSDA majors and minors during their time at Beloit. Affiliate faculty in departments across the college discuss the importance and meaning of data in their disciplines. Students complete a senior portfolio showcasing their work in data science and analytics and preparing for post-Beloit education and employment. (CP) Prerequisite: senior standing.

This course discusses several data mining techniques to identify novel patterns from large scale databases that might not be available at the current level of process. Topics related to data processing, data visualization, data exploration, prediction, classification, anomaly detection, association analysis, and clustering are covered. Students work on several projects in order to employ data mining tools and techniques such as decision trees, support vector machine, Bayesian classifiers, and neural networks-mean clustering to solve some problems in the field of data science. Offered odd years, spring semester. Prerequisite: junior standing and Computer Science 204. Recommended: Mathematics 175 and 205.

Special topic in data science/analytics as chosen by instructor. Depending on the instructor and course content, prerequisites vary, but normally students should have finished at least CSCI 111 “Intro to Programming”, and one intro-level statistics or quantitative methods course.

An introduction to the three types of machine learning: 1) supervised learning, 2) unsupervised learning, and 3) reinforcement learning. Students work individually or in teams on real world datasets from different fields to implement machine learning algorithms/approaches and evaluate their performance, including presentations of work oriented to audiences in the related field. Students study professional, ethical, and social issues related to data science. Python is used as the main programming language in this course. (CP) Offered even years, spring semester. Prerequisite: Data Science and Data Analytics 345.

Student works on an independent data project under faculty supervision. There are no prerequisites, but ideally the student should have foundational skills in courses such as CSCI 111 “Intro to Programming” and at least one statistics or quantitative methods course.

Student assists faculty in classroom instruction. Graded credit/no credit.