Data Science Major Information

Catalog Description

Click here for program learning objectives and major requirements for the Data Science, B.S. degree.

Curriculum sheet

A curriculum sheet lists the major, support, general education and elective courses required to earn your statistics degree. You can use this in conjunction with your Degree Progress Report on the Cal Poly Portal to keep track of your degree requirements. You are entitled to graduate on any version of the catalog requirements starting from the "active" catalog when you became a Data Science major.

Flowchart

A flowchart gives you an idea of what courses to take on a term-by-term basis. The flowchart presents one possible path to a Data Science degree; others would be equally valid. You should talk to your major advisor regularly to select courses.

Senior Project Requirement

The Cal Poly Senior Project Requirement is satisfied with the required course DATA 4460: Senior Project - Data Science Capstone.

Change of Major

Students interested in changing their major to data science should have a Cal Poly GPA of 2.5 or higher. The Bailey College Changing Your Major website provides instructions on the requirements and steps for changing majors including instructions to initiate the process by completing a Change of Major Eligibility form using the Cal Poly Portal.

Students are not permitted to change majors during their first term at Cal Poly.  

Once a Change of Major Eligibility form is submitted, if the data science major director determines that a major change is both appropriate and feasible, the director will work with each individual student to determine an appropriate set of course and GPA requirements.