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 about 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 in 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, or 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 and 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 (example minimum: 75% average)
No programming experience required
Transfer applicants: statistics and computing credits assessed course by course
International applicants: English proficiency (for example, IELTS 6.5 overall)

Full requirements by applicant type (transfer, mature, international) are on the admissions page.

Where graduates actually land

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

Reported starting salary (example) $56,000 to $67,000 Middle half of reported full-time starting salaries, Class of 2024.

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.

Outcomes are what graduates reported, not a promise of a job or a salary. See how we survey graduates on the student outcomes page.

At a glance

Domestic tuition: $9,600/yr
International tuition: $32,400/yr
Intakes: September + January
Format: On campus or hybrid · evening sections in upper years
Class size: Cohort of about 70 per year
School: School of Computing & Technology

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*Example figures for a sample site. Tuition is one part of the cost of attendance; housing, food, books, and fees come on top. See a full first-year example.

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Health

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