Mathematics Minor: Statistics and Data Analytics - 24 units

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Students in this minor will study modern techniques for analyzing, mining, reducing and statistically describing data from variety of sources such as multimedia, social media and the Internet. Computer software tools will be used to apply quantitative methods, statistical modeling and analysis of an ever increasing volume and detail of information. Students will acquire practical analytical software skills and learn how to make decisions based on data analysis.

Lower Division Requirements - 6 units

MATH 240 - Linear Algebra Units: 3
and one of the following (note COMP 105 or higher level computer course):
COMP 105 - Introduction To Programming (Cross-listed as IT 105) Units: 3
or
IT 151 - IT Programming Units: 3

Upper Division Requirements - 6 units

MATH 398 - Advanced Research Investigations Units: 3
and one of the following:
MATH 408 - Advanced Data Analysis Units: 3
or
COMP 478 - Introduction To Data Mining Units: 3

Electives - 12 units

At least three (3) electives must be taken at the upper-division (300 or 400) level (some courses may have additional pre-requisites.)

Three (3) Units from the list below:

MATH 230 - Logic and Mathematical Reasoning (Cross-listed as PHIL 230) Units: 3
MATH 300 - Discrete Mathematics Units: 3
MATH 301 - Discrete Mathematics for IT Units: 3

Three (3) Units from:

MATH 201 - Elementary Statistics Units: 3
MATH 202 - Biostatistics (Cross-listed as PSY 202) Units: 3
MATH 329 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics Units: 3
MATH 352 - Probability and Statistics Units: 3

Complementary electives (6) Units from:

*Note: Only one of POLS 303 or PSY 300 may count toward the minor.

BIOL 453 - Methods in Population and Community Ecology Units: 4
COMP 151 - Data Structures And Program Design Units: 4
COMP 469 - Introduction To Artificial Intelligence Units: 3
COMP 478 - Introduction To Data Mining Units: 3
ECON 488 - Econometrics Units: 4
ESRM 328 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Units: 3
IT 401 - Web Intelligence Units: 3
MATH 429 - Operations Research Units: 3
MATH 430 - Research Design and Data Analysis Units: 3
MATH 445 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition (Cross-listed as PHYS 445, COMP 445) Units: 3
MATH 452 - Computational Bioinformatics (Cross-listed as COMP 452) Units: 4
POLS 303 - Statistical Applications in the Social Sciences (Cross-listed as PSY 303, SOC 303, ) Units: 4 *
PSY 300 - Psychological Research and Statistical Methods I Units: 4 *
PSY 301 - Psychological Research and Statistical Methods II Units: 4