Program: Statistics and Data Science 4-Year Plan - University of Kentucky - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 05, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

The B.S. with a major in Statistics and Data Science requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
MA 113 - CALCULUS I Credit(s): 4
OR
MA 137 - CALCULUS I WITH LIFE SCIENCE APPLICATION Credit(s): 4
Foreign Language - First Semester Credit(s): 4
Elective (e.g. CS 115 ) Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

CIS 111 - COMPOSITION & COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 111 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
MA 114 - CALCULUS II Credit(s): 4
OR
MA 138 - CALCULUS II WITH LIFE SCIENCE APPLICATIONS Credit(s): 4
STA 296 - STATISTICAL METHODS AND MOTIVATIONS Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - Second Semester Credit(s): 4

Year 2

First Semester

STA 300 - DATA VISUALIZATION Credit(s): 3
STA 305 INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE Credit(s): 4
Foreign Language - Third Semeseter Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3
A&S - Race and Ethnicity Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

STA 310 - INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND INFERENCE Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - Fourth Semester Credit(s): 3
A&S - Humanities Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Social Sciences Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

MA 322 - MATRIX ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Credit(s): 3
STA 315 - APPLIED STATISTICAL MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Credit(s): 3
A&S - Natural Science Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Citizenship - USA Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

STA 415 - PREDICTIVE MODELING AND INTRODUCTORY MACHINE LEARNING Credit(s): 4
A&S - Social Science Credit(s): 3
Specialization 1 of 4 Credit(s): 3
Specialization 2 of 4 Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Global Dynamics Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

STA 425 - COMPUTATIONAL BAYESIAN STATISTICS Credit(s): 3
Specialization 3 of 4 Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

STA 495 - STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE IN CONTEXT: A PRACTICUM Credit(s): 3
Specialization 4 of 4 Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3