Master of Science in Data Science
Revised 11/8/2024
mdsprogram@umich.edu
Pre-Core (17-19 Credits)
Course # Course Title Cr Notes
MATH 403 Introduction to Discrete Mathematics 3 First Fall semester
EECS 402 Programming for Scientists and Engineers 4 First Fall semester
EECS 403 Graduate Foundations of Data Structures 4 Enforced Prerequisites: MATH 403 and EECS 402
and Algorithms
BIOSTATS 601 or Probability and Distribution Theory 4
MATH/STATS 425 or Introduction to Probability 3
STATS 510 Probability and Distribution 3
BIOSTATS 602 or Biostatistical Inference 4
STATS 426 or Introduction to Theoretical Statistics 3 Enforced Prerequisite: STATS 425 or equivalent
STATS 511 Statistical Inference 3 Enforced Prerequisite: STATS 510
Expertise in Data Management and Manipulation (7-8 Credits)
Course # Course Title Cr Notes
EECS 484 or Database Management Systems 4 Enforced Prerequisite: EECS 403
CSE 584 Advanced Database Systems 4
EECS 485 or Web Systems 4 EECS 485 available to MDS students in Spring term only
EECS 486 or Information Retrieval and Web Search 4
CSE 549/SI 650 or Information Retrieval 3
SI 618 or Data Manipulation and Analysis 3
STATS 507 Data Science and Analytics using Python 3
Expertise in Data Science Techniques (6-8 Credits)
Course # Course Title Cr Notes
BIOSTAT 650 or Applied Statistics I: Linear Regression 4 Enforced Prerequisite: BIOSTAT 601 or equivalent
STATS 500 or Statistical Learning I: Regression 3
STATS 513 or Regression and Data Analysis 3
BIOSTAT 626 or Machine Learning for Health Sciences 3 Enforced Prerequisite: BIOSTAT 601 or equivalent
EECS 545 or Machine Learning (CSE) 3
EECS 553 or Machine Learning (ECE) 3
EECS 476 or Data Mining 4
CSE 576 or Advanced Data Mining 4
SI 670 or Applied Machine Learning 3
SI 671 or Data Mining: Methods and Applications 3
DATASCI 415 or Data Mining and Statistical Learning 4 Enforced Prerequisite: MATH/STATS 425 or STATS 426 or
STATS 503 Statistical Machine Learning 4 equivalencies
Capstone (3-4 Credits)
• Please refer to MDS Capstone Guidelines for details.
Course # Course Title Cr Notes
BIOSTAT 610 or Reading in Biostatistics *
BIOSTAT 698 or Modern Statistical Methods in Epidemiologic Studies 4
BIOSTAT 699 or Analysis of Biostatistical Investigations 4
CSE 599 or Directed Study *
SI 691 or Independent Study *
SI 699-xx5 Big Data Analytics 3
STATS 504 or Practice and Communication in Applied Statistics 3 Enforced Prerequisite: STATS 500 and STATS 503 or
STATS 750 Directed Reading * equivalencies
Electives (9 Credits minimum) - 1 course of 3 credits or more from each category.
• Electives must include at least 2 advanced graduate courses (500-level or above in LSA and CoE, or 600-level or above in UMSI and SPH).
• CSE/ECE 598 Special Topics will have specific sections approved on a semesterly basis according to their category.
Principles of Data Science
BIOSTAT 601 (Probability and Distribution Theory) | BIOSTAT 602 (Biostatistical Inference) | BIOSTAT 617 (Sample Design) | BIOSTAT 626
(Machine Learning Methods) | BIOSTAT 680 (Stochastic Processes) | BIOSTAT 682 (Bayesian Analysis) | ECE 501 (Probability and Random
Processes) | ECE 502 (Stochastic Processes) | EECS 545 (Machine Learning (CSE)) | ECE 551 (Matrix Methods for Signal Processing, Data
Analysis, and Machine Learning) | EECS 553 (Machine Learning (ECE)) | ECE 559 (Optimization Methods for SIPML) | ECE 564 (Estimation,
Filtering, and Detection) | SI 670 (Applied Machine Learning) | DATASCI 451 (Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis) | STATS 470
(Introduction to Design of Experiments) | STATS 510 (Probability and Distribution Theory) | STATS 511 (Statistical Inference) | STATS 551
(Bayesian Modeling and Computation)
Data Analysis
BIOSTAT 651 (Generalized Linear Models) | BIOSTAT 653 (Longitudinal Analysis) | BIOSTAT 666 (Statistical Models and Numerical Methods
in Human Genetics) | BIOSTAT 675 (Survival Time Analysis) | BIOSTAT 685/STATS 560 (Non-Parametric Statistics) | BIOSTAT 695
(Categorical Data) | BIOSTAT 696 (Spatial Statistics) | ECE 556 (Image Processing) | STATS 414 (Topics in Applied Data Analysis) |
STATS 501 (Applied Statistics II) | STATS 503 (Statistical Machine Learning) | STATS 509 (Statistics for Financial Data) | STATS 531 (Analysis
of Time Series) | STATS 600 (Linear Models) | STATS 601 (Analysis of Multivariate and Categorical Data) | STATS 605 (Advanced Topics in
Modeling and Data Analysis) | STATS 700 (Topics in Applied Statistics)
Computation
BIOSTAT 615 (Statistical Computing) | BIOSTAT 625 (Computing with Big Data) | EECS 481 (Software Engineering) | EECS 485 (Web Systems) |
EECS 486 (Information Retrieval and Web Search) | EECS 504 (Computer Vision) | EECS 542 (Advanced Topics in Computer Vision) |
CSE 548/SI 649 (Information Visualization) | CSE 549/SI 650 (Information Retrieval) | CSE 572 (Randomness and Computation) | CSE 586
(Design and Analysis of Algorithms) | CSE 587 (Parallel Computing) | CSE 592 (Artificial Intelligence) | CSE 595/SI 561 (Natural Language
Processing) | SI 564 (SQL and Databases 1.5 credits) + SI 644 (Advanced SQL and Databases 1.5 credits) | SI 608 (Networks) | SI 618 (Data
Manipulation and Analysis) | SI 630 (Natural Language Processing: Algorithms and People) | SI 664 (Database Application Design) | SI 671
(Data Mining: Methods and Applications)| DATASCI 406 (Computational Methods in Statistics and Data Science) | STATS 506 (Computational
Methods and Tools in Statistics) | STATS 507 (Data Science and Analytics using Python) | STATS 551 (Bayesian Modeling and Computation) |
STATS 606 (Computation and Optimization Methods in Statistics)
Program Notes:
● Each course cannot satisfy more than 1 requirement.
● The cumulative GPA must be a B (3.0) or better, as required by Rackham Graduate School.
● At least 25 units of graduate-level coursework must be completed during residency in the Data Science program.
Of these 25, 18 must be at the advanced graduate level (500-level or above in LSA and CoE; 600-level or above in
UMSI and SPH).
● Program requirements on page 1 may be fulfilled by approved course waivers from having taken equivalent classes in
prior education with grades B- or better. Waiver requests are considered for admitted students before the start of the
program.
