Below is a list of current classes available for the MS Data Science degree. For a complete listing of all classes related to the degree please see the Requirements tab of the Data Science degree in our academic catalog.
| Fall 2025 MSDS Courses | |||||||||||
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| Developing Insights from Data for Applications (1 Course/3 credits required) | |||||||||||
| Course No. | Course Title | Class Code | Class Time | Online | Evening | Faculty | Credits | Prerequisites | |||
| COMPSCI 425G | Introduction to Data Mining | 18113 | Monday/Wednesday 10-11:15 am | Zeyun Yu | 3 | Junior standing, COMPSCI 251(P), and one of the following: MATH 212(P), MATH 221(P), or MATH 232(P). | |||||
| INFOST 582G | Introduction to Data Science | 16115 | Online | Online | Margaret Kipp | 3 | Jr st; or cons instr. | ||||
| ED PSY 821 | Psychometric Theory and Scale Development | 17921 | Thursday, 3:30 - 6:10 pm | Bo Zhang | 3 | Graduate standing and ED PSY 720(P) or equivalent; or consent of instructor. | |||||
| Organizing and Maintaining Large Data Sets (1 course/ 3 credits required) | |||||||||||
| Course No. | Course Title | Class Code | Class Time | Online | Evening | Faculty | Credits | Prerequisites | |||
| COMPSCI 557G | Introduction to Database Systems | 13767 | Section 001 - Tuesday/Thursday, 2:30 – 3:45 p.m. | Ayesha Siddika Nipu | 3 | Junior standing and COMPSCI 251(P); or graduate student; or special student. | |||||
| HI 744 (*can be counted as either an elective or in Organizing and Maintaining Large Data Sets category but not both) | Text Retrieval and Its Applications in Biomedicine | 16672 | Section 001- Thursday, 2:30 -- 5:10 pm | Lu He | 3 | Graduate standing or consent of instructor. | |||||
| 16673 | Section 202- ONLINE | Online | Lu He | ||||||||
| AI and Machine Learning to Extract Insight from Data (1 course/3 credits required) | |||||||||||
| Course No. | Course Name | Class Code | Class Time | Online | Evening | Faculty | Credits | Prerequisites | |||
| BUS ADM 767 | Ideas and Applications of Data Science Different Fields | 13663 | Section 001- Thursday, 5:30 – 8:10 p.m. (20-50% online) | Evening | Purushottam Papatla | 3 | Graduate standing | ||||
| COMPSCI 715 | Programming for Machine Learning | 17281 | Section 001- Tuesday/Thursday, 2:30 -- 3:45 pm | Tian Zhao | Graduate standing | ||||||
| Probabilistic Methods to Analyze Uncertainty in Data (1 course/3 credits required) | |||||||||||
| Course No. | Course Name | Class Code | Class Time | Online | Evening | Faculty | Credits | Prerequisites: | |||
| BUS ADM 754 | Statistical Analysis | 17537 | Section 001 - Tuesday, 2:30 - 5:10 pm | Layth Alwan | 3 | Grad st; cons instr | |||||
| BUSMGMT 709 | Predictive Analytics for Managers | 16042 | Section 001 - Wednesday, 5:30 – 8:10 p.m. | Evening | 3 | Graduate standng | |||||
| 11579 | Section 203 - ONLINE | Online | Layth Alwan | ||||||||
| 10791 | Section 212- ONLINE | Online | Layth Alwan | ||||||||
| COMPSCI 720 | Computational Models of Decision Making | 13768 | Section 001 - Thursday, 4 – 5:15 p.m. (20-50% online) | Evening | Amol Mali | 3 | Basic course in Probability or Statistics. | ||||
| ECON 310G | Introduction to Econometrics and Data Science | 12017 | Section 201- Monday/Wednesday, 2:30 -- 3:45 pm (ONLINE) | Online | Staff | 3 | Junior standing; ECON 210(P) or consent of instructor. | ||||
| ECON 513G | Introduction to Econometrics (take 513G or 703) | 18441 | Section 001- Wednesday/Friday 11:30 am - 2:10 pm | Staff | 3 | Jr st; Econ 413(P). | |||||
| ECON 703 | Econometrics (take 513G or 703) ***must sign up for lecture and discussion section | 11376 | Section 401- Monday/Wednesday, 10:00 -- 11:15 a.m. | 3 | Graduate standing | ||||||
| 11603 | Discussion Section 601- Friday, 8:30 -- 9:20 am | ||||||||||
| ECON 835 | Time Series and Financial Econometrics | 16919 | Section 001- Tuesday/Thursday, 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. | Narayan Kishor | 3 | Graduate standing and ECON 735(P). | |||||
| ED PSY 724 | Statistical Methods for Professionals and Practitioners II | 14385 | Section 001 - Tuesday, 5 – 8:30 p.m. | Evening | Razia Azen | 4 | Graduate standing and Ed Psy 624(P) | ||||
| MTHSTAT 361G | Introduction to Mathematical Statistics I | 18668 | Section 001 - Monday/Wednesday, 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. | Staff | 3 | Junior standing and MATH 212(P) or MATH 233(P). | |||||
| ***Not recommended for graduate students in math, or students not planning to take MTHSTAT 362. | |||||||||||
| MTHSTAT 362G | Introduction to Mathematical Statistics II | 12816 | Section 001 - Monday/Wednesday 2:30—3:45 p.m. | Daniel Gervini | 3 | Junior standing; MthStat 361(P) | |||||
| MTHSTAT 763 | Regression Analysis | 12862 | Section 001 - Tuesday/Thursday, 11:30 –12:45 p.m. | David Spade | 3 | Graduate standing; MTHSTAT 362(P) or MTHSTAT 467(P); or consent of instructor. | |||||
| MTHSTAT 871 | Mathematical Statistics I | 13607 | Section 001 - Tuesday/Thursday, 4:00 -- 5:15 p.m. | David Spade | 3 | Graduate standing and MATH 524 (522)(C), MATH 624(622)(C), or MATH 724(C). | |||||
| PH 702 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 18294 | Section 202- Must sign up for Lab 901 | Online | Chiang-Ching Huang | 3 | Grad st; Math 116 with B or better, or equivalent, or cons instr | ||||
| 18296 | Lab 901 | Online | Chiang-Ching Huang | ||||||||
| Introduction to Biostatistics | 15037 | Section 001 (must sign up for one of the labs below) | Chiang-Ching Huang | 3 | Grad st; Math 116 with B or better, or equivalent, or cons instr | ||||||
| 15996 | Lab 801- Thursday, 7:30 -- 8:45 pm | Evening | Donald Cramer | ||||||||
| 18295 | Lab 803- Thursday, 2:30 -- 4:20 pm | Donald Cramer | |||||||||
| PH 712 | Probability and Statistical Inference | 15043 | Section 001- Monday/Wednesday, 11:30 -- 12:45 pm | Zhiyang Zhou | 3 | Grad st; Math 231 (P) & 232 (P) or equivalent, or cons instr. | |||||
| POL SCI 701 | Techniques of Political Science Research | 11834 | Section 001 - Thursday, 4:30—7:10 p.m. | Evening | Kyle McWagner | 3 | Grad st; one undergrad stats course or cons instr. | ||||
| SOCIOL 461G | Social Data Analysis Using Regression ***must sign up for lecture and one lab section | 12036 | (LEC) - Section 201 - ONLINE | Online | Aki Roberts | 3 | Junior standing and SOCIOL 261(P) or other approved statistics course; or consent of instructor. | ||||
| 12042 | (LAB) - Section 901 - ONLINE | ||||||||||
| SOCIOL 982 | Advanced Quantitative Analysis | 17073 | Section 001- Wednesday, 5:30 -- 8:10 p.m. | Evening | M. Britton | 3 | Graduate standing and a minimum score of 85 on department diagnostic exam. | ||||
| Advanced Programming for Data Collection/Data Science (1 course/3 credits required) | |||||||||||
| Course No. | Course Name | Class Code | Class Time | Online | Evening | Faculty | Credits | Prerequisites: | |||
| COMPST 702 | Software Development in Python ***must sign up for lecture and one lab section | 13172 | Section 401 - Monday/Wednesday 12:30-1:20 pm | Jayson Rock | 3 | Graduate standing | |||||
| 13288 | (LAB) - Section 801- Monday, 2:30 - 4:20 pm | ||||||||||
| 13173 | (LAB) - Section 802- Monday, 2:30 - 4:20 pm | ||||||||||
| 16142 | (LAB) - Section 903 - Monday, 6:30 - 8:20 p.m. (ONLINE) | Online | |||||||||
| COMPST 751 | Data Structure and Algorithms | 13165 | Section 001 - Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30-10:20 a.m. | John Boyland | 3 | COMPST 750(P); COMPSCI 251(R). | |||||
| 12989 | Section 201- Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30-10:20 a.m. (ONLINE) | Online | John Boyland | ||||||||
| MTHSTAT 766 | Computational Statistics | 12863 | Section 001 - Monday/Wednesday, 4:00—5:15 p.m. | Evening | Daniel Gervini | 3 | Graduate standing; MTHSTAT 362(P) or MTHSTAT 467(P), or consent of instructor. | ||||
| URBPLAN 794 | Internet Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | 17451 | Section 105 - Monday, 2:30 -- 5:10 p.m. | Paul Vepraskas | 3 | Grad st; UrbPlan 792(P) or Geog 625(P); or cons instr. | |||||
| Ethics (1 course/3 credits required) | |||||||||||
| Course No. | Course Name | Class Code | Class Time | Online | Evening | Faculty | Credits | Prerequisites: | |||
| COMPSCI 790 | Advanced Topics in Computer Science: AI Ethics | 16637 | Section 002- Thursday, 1:00 -- 2:15 pm (20-50% online) | Amol Mali | |||||||
| INFOST 465G | Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services | 14578 | Section 201 - ONLINE | Online | Nadine Kozak | 3 | Graduate Standing only (Undergrads not allowed). | ||||
| INFOST 660G | Information Policy | 16575 | Section 001- Tuesday/Thursday, 10:00 -- 11:15 am | Wilhelm Peekhaus | 3 | Jr. st. | |||||
| 16576 | Section 210- Tuesday/Thursday, 10:00 -- 11:15 am ONLINE | Online | Wilhelm Peekhaus | ||||||||
| Electives (4 courses/12 credits required) | |||||||||||
| Course No. | Course Name | Class Code | Class Time | Online | Evening | Faculty | Credits | Prerequisites: | |||
| ART 316G | Creative Interfaces: TouchDesigner and Projection Mapping | 16494 | Section 801 (LAB)- Tuesday/Thursday, 11:30 a.m. -- 2:10 p.m. | Nathaniel Stern | 3 | Junior standing and ART 218(P); or junior standing and SOIS, CEAS or SARUP major; or graduate standing; or consent of instructor. | |||||
| BUS ADM 763 | Marketing Analytics | 17780 | Section 001 - Monday 5:30—8:10 p.m. | Evening | Pallav Routh | 3 | Grad st; BusMgmt 709(C) or cons instr. | ||||
| BUS ADM 812 | Machine Learning for Business | 13578 | Section 001 - Thursday, 5:30 -- 8:10 pm | Evening | Cheng Chen | 3 | Graduate standing | ||||
| BUS ADM 816 | Business Intelligence Technologies & Solutions | 11519 | Section 203 - ONLINE | Online | |||||||
| COMPSCI 469G | Introduction to Computer Security | 16630 | Section 001- Tuesday/Thursday, 4:00 - 5:15 pm | Evening | Zhen Zeng | 3 | Junior standing; a grade of C or better in both COMPSCI 317(P) and COMPSCI 251(P). | ||||
| COMPSCI 535G | Algorithm Design and Analysis | 13229 | Section 001 - Monday/Wednesday, 1:00—2:15 p.m. | Christine Cheng | 3 | Junior standing; MATH 211(P), MATH 213(P), MATH 221(P) or MATH 231(P); a grade of C or better in COMPSCI 351(P) and COMPSCI 317(P); or MATH 341(P) and MTHSTAT 361(P). | |||||
| 18101 | Section 003- Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. | Rohit Singh | |||||||||
| COMPSCI 790 | Advanced Topics in Computer Science: AI System Development and Security Challenges | 13513 | Section 001- Tuesday/Thursday, 11:30 -- 12:45 pm | Zhen Zeng | 3 | Graduate standing. | |||||
| COMPSCI 790 | Advanced Topics in Computer Science: Query-Based Visualization | 17559 | Section 006- Tuesday/Thursday, 4:00 -- 5:15 pm | Evening | Rohit Singh | 3 | Graduate standing. | ||||
| CRM JST 520G | Analysis Oriented Technology: Spatial Data Analysis; Crime Mapping; ArcGIS | 16508 | Section 201- ONLINE | Online | Rebecca Konkol | 3 | Jr st; Crm Jst 110(P). | ||||
| CRM JST 713 | Measuring Crime & Analyzing Crime Data | 13858 | Section 201 -ONLINE | Online | Danielle Romaine Dagenhardt | 3 | Graduate standing | ||||
| ED PSY 821 | Psychometric Theory and Scale Development | 17921 | Thursday, 3:30 - 6:10 pm | Bo Zhang | 3 | Graduate standing and ED PSY 720(P) or equivalent; or consent of instructor. | |||||
| GEOG 705 | Cartography ***must sign up for lecture and one lab section | 18529 | Section 401- Monday/Wednesday, 2:30 -- 3:45 pm | Kristin Sziarto | 4 | Graduate standing. | |||||
| 18828 | Lab 801- Thursday, 5:30 -- 7:20 pm | ||||||||||
| GEOG 716 | Watershed Analysis and Modeling | 18528 | Section 001 - Monday/Wednesday, 4:00-5:15 p.m. | Evening | Woonsop Choi | 3 | Grad st; working knowledge of GIS | ||||
| GEOG 726 | Geographic Information Science | 13177 | (LEC) - Section 202 - ONLINE | Online | Zengwang Xu | 4 | Graduate standing | ||||
| GEOG 826 | Intermediate Geographic Information Science ***must sign up for lecture and one lab section | 11928 | (LEC) - Section 401 - Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00—2:15 p.m. | Changshan Wu | 4 | Grad st; Geog 525(P) or Geog 726(P) or UrbPlan 591(P) or UrbPlan 791(P). | |||||
| 11929 | (LAB) - Section 801 - Friday 11:30-1:20 p.m. | ||||||||||
| Specialized Skills in Data Science for Healthcare | |||||||||||
| HI 537G | Health Information Technology and Management | 14552 | Section 001 - Monday/Wednesday, 10:00 -- 11:15 am | Min Wu | 3 | Junior or greater in a Health Sciences program, or HCA minor, or HCI Cert, or consent of instructor; and HCA 224(P) or INFOST 110(P) or BUS ADM 230(P). | |||||
| 14553 | Section 202- ONLINE | Online | Min Wu | ||||||||
| HI 700 | Introduction to Health Care Informatics | 14554 | Section 001- Wednesday, 2:30 -- 5:10 pm | 3 | Graduate standing or consent of instructor. | ||||||
| 14555 | Section 202- ONLINE | Online | Jake Luo | ||||||||
| HI 742 | Computational Intelligence in Health Informatics | 14561 | Section 201- ONLINE | Online | Spencer Schultz | 3 | Graduate standing or consent of instructor. | ||||
| HI 744 (*can be counted as either an elective or in Organizing and Maintaining Large Data Sets category but not both) | Text Retrieval and Its Applications in Biomedicine | 16672 | Section 001- Thursday, 2:30 -- 5:10 pm | Lu He | 3 | Graduate standing or consent of instructor. | |||||
| 16673 | Section 202- ONLINE | Online | Lu He | ||||||||
| INFOST 671G | Applied Web 3.0: Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain | 17967 | Section 001- Tuesday/Thursday, 10:00 -- 11:15 am | Matthew Friedel | 3 | Junior standing and one of the following: INFOST 350(P) or COMPSCI 351(P); or graduate standing and COMPSCI 702(P) or COMPSCI 751(P); or consent of instructor. | |||||
| 14703 | Section 201- ONLINE | Online | Matthew Friedel | ||||||||
| INFOST 695G | Ethical Hacking I | 14678 | Section 001- Monday/Wednesday, 1:00--2:15 pm | Khaled Sabha | 3 | INFOST 325(P) or graduate standing. | |||||
| 16581 | Section 201- ONLINE | Online | Khaled Sabha | ||||||||
| MATH 803 | Industrial Mathematics I | 18662 | Section 001- Monday/Wednesday, 4:00 -- 5:15 pm | Evening | Istvan Lauko | 3 | Graduate standing in natural science discipline; MATH 524(522)(P), MATH 604(602)(P), MATH 624(622)(P), or MATH 704(P). | ||||
| PH 717 | Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis | 15047 | Section 001- Monday/Wednesday, 5:30 -- 6:45 pm | Evening | Laleh Jamshidi | 3 | PH 711 and PH 712; cons instr. | ||||
| POL SCI 390G | Political Data Analysis | 13104 | Section 201- ONLINE | Online | Kyle Mcwagner | 3 | Jr. st; satisfaction of GER Quantitative Literacy Part A req. | ||||
| SOCIOL 750 | Research Methods in Sociology | 12398 | Section 001 - Thursday, 2:30-5:10 p.m. | John Roberts | 3 | Graduate standing | |||||
| URBPLAN 791 | Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems for Planning ***must sign up for lecture and one lab section | 15459 | (LEC) - Section 201 - Monday, 5:30—6:25 p.m. ONLINE | Online | Michael Benedict | 3 | Graduate standing | ||||
| 15460 | (LAB) - Section 901 - Monday 6:30—8:00 p.m. ONLINE | Online | |||||||||