Data Science Minor

The data science minor in the Department of Statistics at Western Michigan University is oriented towards statistical computing.

program requirements

Required (11 hours)

  • STAT 2600 - Data Analysis Using R (4 hours)
  • STAT 5680 - Regression Analysis (3 hours(
  • CS 1110 - Computer Science I (4 hours)

Elective Courses (6 hours)

Select two courses from the following list.

  • DEPT 0000 - An approved course from student’s home department (3 hours)
  • STAT 4640 - Introduction to Statistical Computing (3 hours)
  • STAT 5850 - Applied Data Mining (3 hours)
  • STAT 5870 - Big Data Analysis Using Python (3 hours)