Requirements-BS-in-Data-Science

Bachelor of Science 2023 through2024

Data Science

About the Program

Students majoring in the Data Science program are forbidden from double-majoring in the BA Data Science (CSH) program; as well as from minoring in Data Science.

Curriculum Requirements

First Year

  • CSC 241 AND CSC 242
  • OR CSC 243 AND 1 Major Elective
  • CSC 300
  • MAT 140
  • MAT 150
  • MAT 151
  • MAT 152
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 110
    OR LSP 111
  • LSP 112
  • WRD 103
  • WRD 104
  • 1 Scientific Inquiry Lab

Second Year

  • CSC 301
  • CSC 321
  • DSC 323
  • DSC 324
  • IT 223
  • MAT 220
  • MAT 349
  • SE 350
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • LSP 200
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry (Ethics)
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry

Third Year

  • CSC 355
  • DSC 333
  • DSC 341
  • DSC 365
  • MAT 360
  • CMNS 201
  • Eight (8) credit hours of Open Electives
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Experiential Learning
  • 1 Historical Inquiry
  • 1 Religious Dimensions

Fourth Year

  • DSC 345
  • DSC 394
  • Eight (8) credit hours of Major Electives
  • Eight (8) credit hours of Open Electives
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Historical Inquiry
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry
  • 1 Religious Dimensions
  • 2 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry

Major Electives

Students must choose 8 credit hours of Major Electives from the following list of courses, grouped by topic:

Computer Science
  • CSC 331
  • CSC 347
  • CSC 360
  • CSC 361
  • CSC 373
  • CSC 374
  • CSC 376
  • SE 325
Mathematics
  • MAT 260
  • MAT 350
  • MAT 351
  • MAT 352
  • MAT 353
  • MAT 355
  • MAT 358
  • MAT 387
  • MAT 388
Artificial Intelligence
  • CSC 358
  • CSC 380
Image Analysis
  • CSC 381
  • CSC 382
Geographic Information Systems
  • GEO 241
  • GEO 242
  • GEO 243
  • GEO 343
  • GEO 344
  • GEO 346
  • GEO 347
Information Technology
  • IT 130
  • IT 231
  • IT 232
  • IT 251
Research
  • CSC 395
  • CSC 399
  • IT 300

Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in all major elective courses.


Open Electives

Open Electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul. These are the only courses that may be taken under the pass/fail option. Students must earn a grade of D or higher in all open elective courses. Courses that satisfy a CDM minor or other minors are normally credited as open electives.


Liberal Studies

The Liberal Studies program is the general education portion of the curriculum at DePaul University. Students must earn a grade of D or better in all courses taken to satisfy these requirements. The only exception is the Capstone course which is considered also a major requirement and WRD 103 and WRD 104 in which students need to earn a C- or better.

Students may choose to take some CDM courses that carry Liberal Studies credit but they cannot double count them if they are part of the major requirements. A complete list of courses that carry Liberal Studies credit can be found on the Liberal Studies website along with an overview of the Liberal Studies requirements for this program. Students can search for courses that satisfy a particular Liberal Studies requirement on campusconnect.

Note Students must complete an ethics class as one of the Philosophical Inquiry or Religious Dimensions requirements. Students must take one of the following ethics courses: CSC 208 (PI), PHL 248/MGT 248 (PI) or REL 228/MGT 228 (RD). In this sample schedule the ethics requirement replaces one of the Philosophical Inquiry requirements.


Although students are free to take course requirements in any order they choose, provided they have mastered the course-specific prerequisites, it is strongly recommended that students follow these year-by-year suggestions, especially regarding the first-year major courses.

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements.

Degree Requirements

Students in this degree must meet the following requirements

  • complete a minimum of 192 credit hours (generally 48 courses)
  • Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103, WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses
  • Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses
  • maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher

Students who earn a cumulative DePaul University GPA

  • between 3.500 and 3.699 will graduate cum laude
  • between 3.700 and 3.849 will graduate magna cum laude
  • of at least 3.850 will graduate summa cum laude

For DePaul's policy on repeat courses and a complete list of academic policies see the DePaul Undergraduate Handbook in the Course Catalog.