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The recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2025-2026 academic year.
To enroll, visit /data-science/4plus1/
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 024 to MATH 110-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: (HRS 4) & Gen Ed: (HRS 1)
- Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
- Major: WI (HRS 4) & Major: WI (HRS 1)
- Total: (HRS 18)
Spring Semester
- Major: * (HRS 4) & Major: * (HRS 1)
- Gen Ed: * (HRS 4) & Gen Ed: * (HRS 1)
- Major: (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Quantitative Reasoning – * (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways:
- Total: (HRS 18)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: * OR * (HRS 4)
- Major: * OR * (HRS 1)
- Major: * (HRS 4)
- Major: (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways:
- Total: (HRS 17)
Spring Semester
- Major: *(HRS 4) & Major: * OR Elective (HRS 1)
- Major: * (HRS 4) & Major: * (HRS 1.5)
- Major: OR (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways:
- Total: (HRS 14.5)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: * WI (HRS 4) & Major: * WI (HRS 1.5)
- Major: * (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Total: (HRS 17.5)
Spring Semester
- Major: * (HRS 4)
- Major: * (HRS 4)
- Major: * (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Bioinformatics Elective (Group I) (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Major: (MS) (HRS 3)
- Major: ** (MS) (HRS 3)
- Total: (HRS 14)
Spring Semester
- Major: * WI (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Major: Bioinformatics Elective (Group I or II) (HRS 4)
- Major: (MS) (HRS 3)
- Total: (HRS 15)
Fifth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: (HRS 3)
- Major: (HRS 3)
- Major: Technical Elective AND/OR Interdisciplinary Elective AND/OR *** (HRS 3+3)
- Total: (HRS 12)
Spring Semester
- Major: (HRS 3)
- Major: Data Science Technical Elective (HRS 3)
- Major: (HRS 3)
- Total: (HRS 9)
Total Undergraduate Credits Required: 128 credits (all courses listed in first four years)
Major GPA required for undergraduate graduation: 2.0
WI: Writing Intensive – 3 courses required in the major.
*General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the :
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+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
Total Graduate Credits Required: 30 credits (listed with MS in fourth year and all fifth year courses)
Student must be in good academic standing: /provost/policy/graduate-academic-standing/
* This course has a prerequisite. Please refer to the course catalog for information about pre-requisites.
** This course satisfies a Group II Bioinformatics Elective
*** Students must complete two technical electives and one interdisciplinary elective. DATA 730 Fieldwork Experience may
be used to replace one of the three total electives.
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