Data Science, BS

Admission Requirements

Acceptance into the Major

Qualified freshman and transfer students who have indicated their interest in the major on their applications may be admitted directly as a degree major or as a pre-major. Pre-majors are placed into the Area of Interest (AOI) program and to be eligible for the degree, they must be admitted to and declare the major. The requirements and application process for matriculation are detailed below. Students in majors and pre-majors outside of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Computer Science and Information Systems may apply for admission to the degree program following a separate process, outlined below. 

Intellectual honesty and academic integrity are cornerstones of academic and scholarly work. The department may table any applications for major/minor admission until academic judiciary matters are resolved. An academic judiciary matter will be identified by a grade of “Q” in the instance of a first offense.

Area of Interest or declared majors in AMS, CSE, DAS and ISE 

Applications for major admission are reviewed twice per year and must be received by January 5 for Spring admission and June 5 for Fall admission. Students who submit their application on time will be admitted if they meet the following requirements:

• Completed CSE 114 , CSE 214  and one of CSE 113 , AMS 261 , MAT 203  or MAT 307 .
• Earn grades of B- or higher in the above AMS, CSE and MAT courses, and a grade point average of 3.00 or higher in these courses (Transfer students who have completed equivalent courses at another school with grades of B- or higher need not retake these courses, but should keep in mind that grades do not transfer, and grade point averages are calculated on the basis of courses completed at Stony Brook),
• Repeated at most one of these courses,
• Earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or higher, and
• Completed course evaluations for all transferred courses that are to be used to meet requirements of the major (only courses transferred before matriculation can be used for Data Science major admission purposes).

Students must complete these requirements no later than one year after they enroll in the first course that applies towards major entry. Students must apply for admission by the application deadline immediately following completion of the above requirements, but no later than the one year limit. Admission of students who apply late will follow the process below.

Students outside of AMS, CSE, DAS and ISE 

Applications for major admission are reviewed twice per year and must be received by January 5 for Spring admission and June 5 for Fall admission. Students who do not meet the requirements for AOI admission above will not be considered. Fulfilling the requirements does not guarantee acceptance. Admission is competitive and contingent upon program capacity.

Note: Students majoring in Data Science may not double-major or minor in Computer Science, Information Systems or Applied Mathematics & Statistics.

Major Requirements

The major in Data Science leads to the Bachelor of Science degree. Completion of the major requires at least 58 credits. Residency requirement: 15 credits from requirements 3 and 6 below, and at least 15 additional major requirement credits must be completed at Stony Brook.

Grading

All courses taken to satisfy requirements for the major must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a grade of C or higher.

SBC Courses

This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements. (See Note 1 & Note 2)

Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.

Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program’s “Major SBC Courses” page to view expanded SBC options. 

Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.

Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods.

Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:

• Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
• Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
• Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later

Sample Course Sequence

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior