Bachelor of Science in Data Analytics
Associate Dean of Continuing Studies: Mark Parker
Interim Program Director: Ahmed Hamed
The mission of the BSDA program is to help students acquire and refine the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to collect and analyze data in a variety of professional settings, and to use the results to contribute to problem-solving within organization.
Upon successful completion of the BSDA program students will be able to:
- Evaluate organizational needs and problems and create suitable data analyses to inform solutions.
- Apply data analytics techniques and methods to a wide array of data types using industry-standard tools.
- Demonstrate data analyses and conclusions in an effective, ethical manner to non-specialist audiences.
Program outcomes are assessed in the core courses and capstone course, which consists of a portfolio of prior coursework as well as an original, applied data analytics project under the supervision of a qualified faculty member
| MA 107 | Precalculus Mathematics | 4 |
| MA 108 | Applied Calculus | 4 |
| MA 306 | Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
| MA 310 | Linear Algebra | 3 |
| MA 332 | Advanced Statistical Methods | 3 |
| CYBR 230 | Relational Databases with SQL | 3 |
| *CS150 | (Programming Language for Data Science) | 3 |
| DTAN 301 | Introduction to Data & Business Analytics | 3 |
| *DTAN310 | (Alogrithm Design and Implementation) | 3 |
| *DTAN320 | (Introduction to Machine Learning and AI) | 3 |
| DTAN 330 | Introduction to Network Science | 3 |
| *DTAN344 | (Data Visualization) | 3 |
| *DTAN410 | (CLIPS: Programming for Expert Systems) | 4 |
| *DTAN400 | (Capstone) | 6 |
| Additional Required Courses | ||
| COMM 301 | Business & ProfessionalWriting | 3 |
| PHLS 210 | Ethics in the Modern World | 3 |
| MNGT 330 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| IA 340 | Introduction to Information Assurance | 3 |
| * courses in development but not yet approved by the University Curriculum Committee | ||
| Total Cr. | 60 | |
| Faculty Member | Institution at which highest degree was earned |
|---|---|
| Ahmed Hamed, PhD, Interim Program Director | University of Vermont |
| James Boffenmyer, MS | University of Southern Mississippi |
| Marcus Ellis, DBA | Sacred Heart University |
| Larry Musolino, MS | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Regis O'Connor, MBA | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Paromita Tomerlin, MS | University of Florida |
| James Wemette, MS | Clarkson University |