School of Computing & Technology

Data Science & Analytics Bachelor of Science

4 years
On campus or hybrid · evening sections in upper years
September + January intakes
Cohort of ~70 per year

Data science degrees fail when they teach tools without judgment. Caldwell's program is statistics-first: you learn when a model is lying to you before you learn to build a bigger one. A required domain minor — health, business, or civic data — means you graduate able to talk to the people whose problems you're solving.

Why this program is built this way

Statistics-first sequence: inference and study design before machine learning
Required domain minor: health, business, or civic data
Civic Data Studio partners with the City of Arden Falls on open-data projects
Hybrid and evening delivery for most upper-year courses

The four years, year by year

Year 1

Statistical thinking and code

STAT 110 — Data, Evidence & Uncertainty
COMP 110 — Programming Fundamentals (Python)
MATH 115 — Linear Algebra for Data Science
DATA 120 — Data Wrangling & Visualization

Year 2

Inference before prediction

STAT 210 — Statistical Inference
STAT 220 — Study Design & Causality
COMP 230 — Databases & SQL
Domain minor course 1 (health / business / civic)

Year 3

Machine learning, responsibly

DATA 310 — Machine Learning Foundations
DATA 320 — Data Ethics, Bias & Communication
STAT 330 — Bayesian Methods
Domain minor courses 2–3

Year 4

The Civic Data Studio

DATA 410 — Applied Capstone (Civic Data Studio)
DATA 420 — Data Engineering & Pipelines
STAT 430 — Time Series & Forecasting
Domain minor capstone seminar

What it takes to get in

High-school diploma with senior-level math — calculus recommended (minimum 75% average — illustrative)
No programming experience required
Transfer applicants: statistics and computing credits assessed course-by-course
International applicants: English proficiency (e.g. IELTS 6.5 overall)

Full requirements by applicant type — transfer, mature, international — on the admissions page.

Where graduates actually land

Data analyst / business-intelligence analyst
Data scientist (usually after 1–2 analyst years)
Research and policy analyst (civic minor)
Analytics engineer

Reported starting salary $56,000–$67,000 reported median starting range

Class of 2024 survey, 70% response rate. Honest note: 'data scientist' titles usually come a year or two in — most grads start as analysts, and the domain minor is what gets the first interview. Illustrative.

Technology

Software Engineering

Bachelor of Software Engineering · 4 years

Ship real software from second year: co-op is standard, not optional, and the capstone is built for an industry partner who shows up to your demo.

$10,200/yr domestic* September + January intakes

Health

Health Informatics

Bachelor of Science · 4 years

For people who want to fix health care without a stethoscope: clinical data, hospital systems, and privacy — the fastest-growing quiet career in health.

$9,200/yr domestic* September + January intakes