Minor in Big Data

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With the rapid advance of computing and networking technologies, data is collected at a large scale in a broad range of application areas, which presents many challenges and novel opportunities for big data management, analysis, retrieval, and modeling. The minor in Big Data provides the technical skills and theoretical knowledge to address evolving big data challenges. You’ll develop skills in statistics, data mining, and machine learning and build expertise in solutions to a broad range of big data applications.

Curriculum & Requirements

Curriculum & Requirements

Big Data Minor

Demand for Big Data skills makes this minor a good choice in support of a variety of majors.

Grade Requirements: As a computer science student, you are expected to maintain an overall university GPA ≥2.3. Each computer science course must be completed with a minimum grade ≥C+.

Required Courses
CSCD 210PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES I5
CSCD 211PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES II5
CSCD 300DATA STRUCTURES5
CSCD 320ALGORITHMS5
CSCD 327RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS4
CSCD 429DATA MINING4
CSCD 430BIG DATA ANALYTICS4
MATH 301DISCRETE MATHEMATICS5
Total Credits37

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