{"id":24974,"date":"2023-04-07T16:52:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/?page_id=24974"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:17:46","slug":"data-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/undergraduate\/minors\/data-science","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Data Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Data Science minor gives students a background in data analysis and visualization in the natural sciences and engineering, including exposure to algorithms and lower-level programming tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Declaring the minor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Data Science minor has the following prerequisites before it can be declared:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Introduction to Computer Programming (pick one):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CSS 112: Programming for Scientific Applications (4 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSS 132 + CSSSKL 132: Computer Programming for Engineers I + Skills Lab (6 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSS 142 + CSSSKL 142: Computer Programming I + Skills Lab (6 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSE 142: Computer Programming I (4 credits) at UW Seattle, or equivalent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Statistics (pick one):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>BBUS 215: Business Statistics (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BIS 215: Understanding Statistics (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BMATH 215: Statistics for Health Sciences (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>STMATH 341: Statistical Inference (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>STMATH 390: Probability and Statistics in Engineering (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>STMATH 392: Probability (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>STAT 220: Statistical Reasoning at UW Seattle, or equivalent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>STAT 290 (AP Stats, score 3 or above) at UW Seattle, or equivalent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The prerequisites must be completed <strong>(not in-progress)<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>before declaring the minor. <\/strong>Once you have completed the prerequisites, contact the academic advisor for your major at any time to declare the minor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-dark-gold-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/uwb.campus.eab.com\/\">FIND YOUR ADVISOR ON NAVIGATE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minimum credits and grades<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A minimum of 25 credits must be earned for this minor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A minimum of 15 credits used for this minor must be taken at UW Bothell, which means that a maximum of 10 credits may be taken elsewhere (including other UW campuses).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No more than 10 credits of this minor can overlap with your major requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each course used for the minor must be completed with a grade of 2.0 or higher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core requirements (15-18 credits)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Data Science Programming (pick one):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CSS 123: Programming for Data Science (3 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSS 133 + CSSSKL 133 (6 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSS 143 + CSSSKL 143 (6 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSE 143: Computer Programming II (5 credits) at UW Seattle, or equivalent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CSSSKL 123: Programming for Data Science Programming Skills Lab (2 credits)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Computers, Ethics, and Society (pick one):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CSS 211: Computers and Society (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BISSTS 307: Science, Technology, and Society (5 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>B DATA 232: Introduction of Data Visualization (5 credits)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elective requirements (10 credits)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You must complete ten (10) credits (usually two courses) from the following list. Click the links for course descriptions and prerequisites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/bbio.html#bbio340\">BBIO 340: Computational Biology<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/bbio.html#bbio383\"><strong>BBIO\/CSS 383: Bioinformatics<\/strong><\/a> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/bchem.html#bchem310\">BCHEM 310: Molecular Modeling<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/bengr.html#bengr310\">BENGR 310: Computation Physical Modeling<\/a><\/strong> (4 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/bdata.html#bdata412\">B DATA 412: Advanced Data Visualization<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/bme.html#bme450\">BME 450: Ocean Engineering and Sciences<\/a><\/strong> (4 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/bphys.html#bphys450\">BPHYS 450: Computational and Theoretical Modeling in Physics<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/css.html#css340\">CSS 340: Applied Algorithmics<\/a> <\/strong>(5 credits) <strong>OR<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/css.html#css342\"><strong>CSS 342: Data Structures, Algorithms, and Discrete Mathematics I<\/strong><\/a> (5 credit hours)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/css.html#css382\">CSS 382: Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/css.html#css483\">CSS 483: Bioinformatics Algorithms<\/a> <\/strong>(5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/css.html#css486\">CSS 486: Machine Intelligence<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/stmath.html#stmath208\">STMATH 208: Matrix Algebra<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/stmath.html#stmath381\">STMATH 381: Discrete Mathematical Modeling<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/stmath.html#stmath405\">STMATH 405: Numerical Analysis I<\/a> <\/strong>(5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/stmath.html#stmath406\">STMATH 406: Numerical Analysis II<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/stmath.html#stmath407\">STMATH 407: Linear Programming<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/stmath.html#stmath408\">STMATH 408: Nonlinear Optimization<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/stmath.html#stmath408\">STMATH 409: Advanced Linear Algebra<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/bis.html#bis447\"><strong>BIS 447 Topics in Quantitative Inquiry<\/strong><\/a> (5 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/students\/crscatb\/bdata.html#bdata411\">B DATA 411 Network Analysis and Visualization<\/a><\/strong> (5 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Data Science minor is highly interdisciplinary, and its courses are offered by different programs on campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CSS courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to high demand for CSS courses, we cannot guarantee that there will always be space available for Data Science minor students. CSS courses that are 300-level or higher will open for students majoring in non-CSS programs and minoring in Data Science in Registration Period II (unless otherwise indicated in the time schedule notes). See the CSS course registration webpage for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-dark-gold-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/undergraduate\/undergraduate-resources\/css-registration\">CSS Registration webpage<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Petitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Data Science-related courses that are not included on the elective list are considered on a case-by-case basis. If you have a syllabus, letter from the instructor, or other detailed description for the class you wish to use as an elective, you may submit a petition to request for the course to count. Email <a href=\"mailto:stemsuccess@uw.edu\">stemsuccess@uw.edu<\/a> or contact your academic adviser for more information about submitting a petition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Data Science minor gives students a background in data analysis and visualization in the natural sciences and engineering, including exposure to algorithms and lower-level programming tools. Declaring the minor The Data Science minor has the following prerequisites before it can be declared: The prerequisites must be completed (not in-progress) before declaring the minor. 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