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The recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and may extend degree completion.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
To enroll, visit https://www.ramapo.edu/data-science/4plus1/
First Year
Fall Semester
- Major: CMPS 147 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Quantitative Reasoning – MATH 110 - PRECALCULUS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: CMPS 148 - COMPUTER SCIENCE II (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 121 - CALCULUS I (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS 220 - ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH TS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: CMPS 231 - DATA STRUCTURES (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 237 - DISCRETE STRUCTURES OR MATH 205 - MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES WI (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH TS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: CMPS 311 - OPERATING SYSTEMS WI (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS Elective (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH TS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: CMPS 361 - SOFTWARE DESIGN (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 262 - LINEAR ALGEBRA (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; or - VALUES AND ETHICS (HRS 4)
- Elective (for missing 3 credits senior year) (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 18)
Spring Semester
- Major: CMPS Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 370 - APPLIED STATISTICS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; or - VALUES AND ETHICS (Must be outside of TAS) (HRS 4)
- Elective (for missing 3 credits senior year (HRS 1)
- Total: (HRS 17)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: CMPS 366 - ORGANIZATION OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS Elective: CMPS 530 - PYTHON FOR DATA SCIENCE
- Major: DATA 601 - INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE (MS) (HRS 3)
- Total: (HRS 14)
Spring Semester
- Major: CMPS Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS 450 - SENIOR PROJECT WI (HRS 4)
- Elective OR CMPS Elective (based on choice in Fall) (HRS 4)
- Major: DATA 620 - ETHICS IN DATA & COMPUTING (MS) (HRS 3)
- Total: (HRS 15)
Fifth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: MATH 570 - APPLIED STATISTICS
- Major: MATH 680 - ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL MODELING (HRS 3)
- Major: Technical Elective AND/OR Interdisciplinary Elective AND/OR DATA 730 - DATA SCIENCE FIELDWORK I* (HRS 3+3)
- Total: (HRS 12)
Spring Semester
- Major: CMPS 664 - ADVANCED DATABASE AND BIG DATA SYSTEMS (HRS 3)
- Major: Technical Elective (HRS 3)
- Major: DATA 750 - DATA SCIENCE THESIS (HRS 3)
- Total: (HRS 9)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA Required: 2.0
WI: Writing Intensive-3 required in the major
Total Graduate Credits Required: 30 credits
Student must be in good academic standing: https://www.ramapo.edu/provost/policy/graduate-academic-standing/
*Students must complete two technical electives and one interdisciplinary elective. DATA 730 Fieldwork Experience may be used to replace one of the three total electives.
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