Data Science & Engineering (DSE) Subplan Requirements

Degree Requirements

  • Students enrolled in the Professional MS in Computer Science (MSCPS) program with the Data Science & Engineering (DSE) subplan must complete 30 credit hours of graduate coursework that align with the MSCPS degree requirements, including the requirements for the DSE subplan:
    • 9 hours - Bin/Breadth courses
      • You must earn a grade of ‘B’ or better to satisfy each of the three BIN/breadth course requirements.
    • 6 hours - Project courses
      • Students must complete both project courses from one project course sequence.
      • Students must earn grades of ‘B’ or better in both courses.
      • Students cannot count just one project course to the degree.
    • 15 hours - Elective courses
      • You may take up to two, approved, non-CS courses.
      • Any non-Computer Science courses that can count towards a subplan will count against the two maximum allowable non-CS classes.
    • DSE Subplan courses
      • Must complete at least 12 credit hours of eligible DSE subplan courses with a grade of ‘B’ or better.
    • Counting courses for the DSE subplan
      • Students can satisfy subplan requirements by counting eligible BIN and/or Elective courses towards the DSE subplan requirements. This means:
        • Students may count an eligible course towards BOTH a BIN/breadth requirement AND a DSE subplan requirement.
        • If the student does not need to count an eligible course towards the breadth/bin requirement, the course can count towards BOTH an elective requirement AND a DSE subplan requirement.
      • For example, if a student got a grade of ‘B’ or higher in CSCI 5214:
        • …and still needed to complete their Bin 3 requirement - They could count CSCI 5214 as BOTH their Bin 3 course and as a DSE subplan course.
        • …and already completed their Bin 3 requirement - they could count CSCI 5214 as BOTH an Elective course and as a DSE subplan course.

Data Science & Engineering (DSE) Subplan Course Options