Suggested Pathway

The following suggested pathways list required courses in the program and tracks. In addition, students will need to take additional courses to fulfil the School, common core, and the minimum of 120 credit requirements, etc.

 

 

Applied Biosciences Track

 

LIFS1901 General Biology I and LIFS1902 General Biology II should be taken before year 2 Spring

  Fall Spring
Year 2 COMP1021 Introduction to Computer Science (3)
DASC2010 Calculus for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2210 A Survey on Big Data in Science and Society (1)
LANG2010 English for Science I (3)		 DASC2020 Linear Algebra for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2110 Object-oriented Programming for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2220 Statistics and Probability for Data Analytics in Science (3)
LIFS2040 Cell Biology (3)
Year 3 DASC3120 Data Structures for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC3230 Statistical Modeling for Data Analytics in Science (3)
LIFS3140 General Genetics (3)

DASC3240 Data Visualization in Science (3)
DASC3250 Numerical Methods for Data Analytics in Science (3)
LIFS3580 Bioformatics (3)
LANG3024 Science Communication in English (Life Science) (3)
Year 4 DASC4300 Capstone Project for Data Analytics in Science (3)
SOSC elective (3)		 LIFS4320 Data Science for Biology and Medicine (3)
SOSC elective (3)

 

 

Environmental Science Track

 

OCES1010 Principles and Applications of Environmental Science should be taken before year 3 Fall

 

Fall

Spring

Year 2

COMP1021 Introducion to Computer Science (3)
DASC2010 Calculus for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2210 A Survey on Big Data in Science and  Society (1)
LANG2010 English for Science I (3)

DASC2020 Linear Algebra for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2110 Object-oriented Programming for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2220 Statistics and Probaility for Data Analytics in Science (3)
OCES10011 The Earth as a Blue Planet (3)
 

Year 3

DASC3120 Data Structures for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC3230 Statistical Modeling for Data Analytics in Science (3)
LANG3025 Science Communication in English (Environmental Science) (3)
OCES2001 Survey of Ocean Science (3)

DASC3240 Data Visualization in Science (3)
DASC3250 Numerical Methods for Data Analytics in Science (3)
OCES30012 Costal Environmental Monitoring (3)

Year 4

DASC4300 Capstone Project for Data Analytics in Science (3)
OCES30023 Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS (3)
SOSC elective (3)

OCES33014 Data Analytics in Ocean Science
SOSC elective (3)

1OCES1001 will be added as a track requirement and it is a pre-requisite for OCES2001

2Pre-requisite of OCES3001 will be changed to OCES2001 only

3This required course will be replaced by OCES3160 Ecology

4OCES3301 will replace OCES4203

 

Information Science Track

 

PHYS1111 General Physics I /PHYS1112 General Physics I with Calculus/PHYS1312 Honors General Physics I and PHYS1114 General Physics II /PHYS1314 Honors General Physics II should be taken before year 3 Fall

  Fall Spring
Year 2 COMP1021 Introduction to Computer Science (3)
DASC2010 Calculus for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2210 Survey on Big Data in Science and Society (1)
LANG2010 English for Science I (3)		 DASC2020 Linear Algebra for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2110 Object-oriented Programming for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2220 Statistics and Probability for Data Analytics in Science (3)
Year 3 DASC3120 Data Structures for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC3230 Stattistical Modeling for Data Analytics in Science (3)
PHYS2022 Modern Physics (3)		 DASC3240 Data Visualization in Science (3)
DASC3250 Numerical Methods for Data Analytics in Science (3)
LANG3023 Science Communication in English (Physics) (3)
Year 4 DASC4300 Capstone Project for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC4400 Data Analytics in Information Science (3)
PHYS4812 Contemporary Applications of Physics: Quantum Information Technology (1)
SOSC elective (3)		 PHYS4058 Information Physics (3)
SOSC elective (3)


 

 

Molecular Science and Cheminformatics Track

 

CHEM1020 General Chemistry I and CHEM 1030 General Chemistry II should be taken before year 3 Fall

  Fall Spring
Year 2 COMP1021 Introduction to Computer Science (3)
DASC2010 Calculus for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2210 A Survey on Big Data in Science and Society (1)
LANG2010 English for Science I (3)		 DASC2020 Linear Algebra for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2110 Object-oriented Programming for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC2220 Statistics and Probability for Data Analytics in Science (3)
Year 3 DASC3120 Data Structures for Data Analytics in Science (3)
DASC3230 Statistical Modeling for Data Analytics in Science (3)
CHEM2110 Organic Chemistry I (3)		 DASC3240 Data Visualization in Science (3)
DASC3250 Numerical Methods for Data Analytics in Science (3)
LANG3022 Science Communication in English (Chemistry) (3)
Year 4 DASC4300 Capstone Project for Data Analytics in Science (3)
SOSC elective (3)
CHEM4120 Biomolecular Chemistry (3)		 CHEM41601 Cheminformatics (3)
CHEM44201 Statistical Machine Learning Methods for Chemical Data Analytics (3)
SOSC elective (3)

1These required courses are subjected to change