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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
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CHEM 116 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LECTURE (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CHEM 116L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB (HRS 1)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 111 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LECTURE WI (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 111L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LAB WI (HRS 1)
- Total: (HRS 18)
Spring Semester
- Major: BIOL 113 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY II LEC* (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 113L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY II LAB* (HRS 1)
- Gen Ed: CHEM 117 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LECTURE* (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CHEM 117L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LAB* (HRS 1)
- Major: CMPS 130 - SCI PROBLEM SOLVING-PYTHON (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Quantitative Reasoning – MATH 121 - CALCULUS I* (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH TS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 18)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: CHEM 211 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I LECTURE* OR CHEM 206 - ESSNTLS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LEC * (HRS 4)
- Major: CHEM 211L - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I LAB* OR CHEM 206L - ESSNTLS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB * (HRS 1)
- Major: CMPS 240 - DATA ANALYTICS IN PYTHON* (HRS 4)
- Major: DATA 101 - INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH TS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 17)
Spring Semester
- Major: CHEM 213 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LECTURE * OR Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: CHEM 213L - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LAB * OR Elective (HRS 1)
- Major: BIOL 332 - GENETICS LECTURE * (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 332L - GENETICS LAB * (HRS 1.5)
- Major: PSYC 242 - STATISTICS OR ENSC 345 - RESEARCH DESIGN & STATISTICS (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH TS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 14.5)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: BIOL 407 - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LEC* WI (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 407L - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LAB* WI (HRS 1.5)
- Major: MATH 237 - DISCRETE STRUCTURES* (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY, - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY, or - VALUES AND ETHICS (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)
- Total: (HRS 17.5)
Spring Semester
- Major: BIIN 430 - BIOINFORMATICS: LECTURE AND LAB* (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS 364 - DATABASE DESIGN* (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 262 - LINEAR ALGEBRA* (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Bioinformatics Elective (Group I) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS (HRS 4)
- Major: DATA 601 - INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE (MS) (HRS 3)
- Major: CMPS 530 - PYTHON FOR DATA SCIENCE** (MS) (HRS 3)
- Total: (HRS 14)
Spring Semester
- Major: BIIN 450 - ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS* WI (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)
- Major: Bioinformatics Elective (Group I or II) (HRS 4)
- Major: DATA 620 - ETHICS IN DATA & COMPUTING (MS) (HRS 3)
- Total: (HRS 15)
Fifth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: MATH 570 - APPLIED STATISTICS (HRS 3)
- 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: Data Science Technical Elective (HRS 3)
- Major: DATA 750 - DATA SCIENCE THESIS (HRS 3)
- Total: (HRS 9)
Total Undergraduate Credits Required: 128 credits (all courses listed in first four years)
Major GPA required for undergraduate graduation: 2.0
WI: Writing Intensive – 3 courses required in the major.
Total Graduate Credits Required: 30 credits (listed with MS in fourth year and all fifth year courses)
Student must be in good academic standing: https://www.ramapo.edu/provost/policy/graduate-academic-standing/
* This course has a prerequisite. Please refer to the course catalog for information about pre-requisites.
** This course satisfies a Group II Bioinformatics Elective
*** 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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