Admission and Program Requirements

Major in data science

Here are the steps and requirements you need to complete for the data science major.

Your first steps: Declare your major

There are no formal admission requirements for the data science major. Just be admitted to Missouri State and declare data science as your major.
  1. Become a Bear: Apply to Missouri State (if you’re not already a current student).
  2. Before completing 60 credit hours, contact the Academic Advising and Transfer Center to declare or change your major to data science.

After you declare: Complete the program requirements

Complete these requirements to earn a bachelor's degree in data science.

This is an interdisciplinary program that includes courses from the mathematics department.

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Completing your minor

The data science major also requires you to pick a minor (or have a second major). A minor is a secondary area of study that supports your major.

There are many STEM-related minors available in the College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CNAS).