Data Science and Computing, Physics Emphasis, B.S. Four-Year Course Plan

All General Education course options can be found here .

First Year
Fall	Spring
MATH 021: Calculus I for Physical Sciences and Engineering	MATH 022: Calculus II for Physical Sciences and Engineering
DSC 008: Introduction to Data Science	WRI 010: College Reading and Composition
SPRK 001: Spark Seminar or SPRK 010: Spark Seminar	DSC 011: Introductory Computing & Statistical Programming
PHYS 008: Introductory Physics I for Physical Sciences and PHYS 008L	PHYS 009: Introductory Physics II for Physical Sciences and PHYS 009L
Second Year
Fall	Spring
MATH 023: Vector Calculus	MATH 024: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
General Education: AREA A (Life Science)	MATH 032: Probability and Statistics
General Education: AREA B	PHYS 010: Introductory Physics III
General Education: AREA B	General Education: AREA B
Third Year
Fall	Spring
PHYS 127: Machine Learning and Statistics for Physics and Astronomy	DSC 111: Intermediate Computing and Statistical Programming
DSC 100: Advanced Data Science	DSC 104: Ethics in Data Science
General Education: Writing in the Discipline	Computational and Statistical Elective
Computational and Statistical Elective	Free Elective
Fourth Year
Fall	Spring
Machince Learning Elective	Computational and Statistical Elective
PHYS 181: Computational Physics	General Education: Culminating Experience
Free Elective	Free Elective

Notes:

This track must take MATH 021/022 due to the perquisites for required courses in PHYS
PHYS 008 and PHYS 009 are prerequisites to PHYS 010
MATH 023 is a prerequisite to PHYS 181
PHYS 127 and PHYS 181 have been offered in alternating fall semesters only

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