Declaration Eligibility
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The prerequisites to declare the L&S Data Science major are Foundations of Data Science, Calculus I, Calculus II, Linear Algebra, Program Structures, and Data Structures.
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All prerequisites to declare must be completed for a letter grade and passed with a 'C-' or higher.
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Students must achieve a 2.0 Grade Point Average in Data 8, Linear Algebra, and Data Structures to be eligible to declare. The grades earned in Calculus I & II and Program Structures will not be factored into this GPA requirement.
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If a student chooses to take more than one upper-division course toward the major prior to declaring, they must have a minimum 2.0 Grade Point Average in all upper-division courses completed toward the major at the time of declaration.
| Requirement | Preferred Course | Alternate Course Options |
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| *Foundations of Data Science | Data 8 (COMPSCI/STAT/INFO C8) | |
| Calculus I | MATH 1A |
MATH 10A or MATH 16A |
| Calculus II | MATH 1B | |
| *Linear Algebra |
MATH 54 or STAT 89A |
PHYSICS 89 or EL ENG 16A+16B (both required) |
| Program Structures |
COMPSCI 88 or COMPSCI 61A |
ENGIN 7 |
| *Data Structures | COMPSCI 61B | |
| *Data 8, Linear Algebra, and Data Structures must be completed with an average GPA of 2.0 to declare the major. |
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