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ANNOUNCING — Required/Elective DSA & MIST courses offered next semester:

Spring 2026 — DSA 2; MIST 50, 70, 128, 130, 135, 175, 190

Contact

Coursework: just 17 courses (~2 years to complete)

Required Courses

  • DSA 1: Foundations of DSA
  • DSA 2: Thinking like a programmer
  • MIST 50: Intro Entrepreneurship -or- MIST 70: Innovation Management -or- MIST 90: Topics in Management
  • ECON 010: Statistical Inference -or- ENGR 080: Statistical Modling and Data Analysis
  • ECON 110: Econometrics
  • MIST 130: Statistical Data Analysis in R -or- MIST 134: Methods of Data Sci & Network Science -or- DSA 101: Machine Learning & Natural Langauge Processing
  • DSA 102: Interactive Data Collection & Visualization -or- MIST 132: Geographic Information System Analysis for Management -or- MIST 135: Technical Communicaiton & Visualization -or- ENGR 180: Spatial Analysis & Modeling
  • PHIL 123: Technology Ethics -or- PHIL 122: Bioethics -or- MIST 080: Systems Thinking
  • DSA 120/121: Senior Year Capstone

Elective Courses

By strategically selecting coursework electives, students obtain an EMPHASIS TRACK that appears on the diploma and identifies your DSA specialization:

  • Business Analytics
  • Policy Analytics
  • Environmental and Sustainability Analytics
  • Behavioral Modeling Analytics
  • Default: Custom Emphasis Track 

DSA electives are offered by faculty from 4 different departments:

Cognitive and Information Sciences

  • COGS 103: Intro to Neural Networks in Cognitive Science
  • COGS 104: Complex Adaptive Systems
  • COGS 125: Intro to Artificial Intelligence
  • COGS 122: Modeling Social Behavior
  • COGS 128: Cognitive Engineering
  • COGS 170: Judgement and Decision Making

Economics

  • ECON 120: Economics of the Environment and Public Policy
  • ECON 145: Health Economics
  • ECON 149: Economics of Sports
  • ECON 156: Urban and Regional Economics
  • ECON 161: International Finance & Trade
  • ECON 163: Economics of Investments, Futures, and Options
  • ECON 171: Advanced Econometrics    

Management of Complex Systems

  • MIST 118: Climate Change
  • MIST 131: Data Governance for Analytics Projects
  • MIST 132: Geographic Information Systems Analysis for Management
  • MIST 133: Service Innovation
  • MIST 138: Systematic Financial Trading & Analysis
  • MIST 175: Information Systems for Management  

 

Political Science

  • POLI 112: Public Policy: Analysis, Strategy and Impact
  • POLI 120: Voting Behavior, Campaigns and Elections
  • POLI 170: Theoretical Models of Politics
  • POLI 174: Data Science and Government Affairs
  • POLI 175: Advanced Analysis of Political Data