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Data Science
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2022-2023 academic year.
The bachelor's in data science at University of Maryland Global Campus is designed to meet the growing need for highly skilled professionals who can transform data into actionable insights. You'll have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with frequently used analytical tools and methods, manage and manipulate data, create data visualizations, build predictive models using different machine learning techniques, apply artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing techniques to gain insights from free text, images, and videos, and make strategic data-driven recommendations that directly impact business outcomes.
Program Highlights
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing, meeting expectations for content, purpose, organization, audience, and format
- Implement all stages of data science methodology, including data extraction, data cleaning, data load, and transformation
- Execute best practices using diverse technologies in data science, business intelligence, machine learning, and artificial intelligence
- Analyze social, global, and ethical issues and their implications as they relate to the use of existing and emerging data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence technologies
- Evaluate a business problem or opportunity to determine the extent data science can provide a viable solution and translate the business problem into a viable project to meet organizational, strategic, and operational needs
- Incorporate data security, data privacy, and risk management best practices in the planning, development, and implementation of data science solutions
- Build and deploy the machine learning process throughout its life cycle in full compliance with best practices for tool evaluation, model selection, and model validation
- Leverage big data analytics and AI technology to create solutions for stream analytics, text processing, natural language understanding, AI, and cognitive applications
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, STAT 200)
- (3 Credits, DATA 230)
- (3 Credits, CSIA 300)
- (3 Credits, DATA 320)
- IFSM 330
- (3 Credits, DATA 335)
- (3 Credits, DATA 430)
- (3 Credits, DATA 440)
- (3 Credits, DATA 445)
- (3 Credits, DATA 450)
- (3 Credits, DATA 460)
- (3 Credits, DATA 495)
Related Required Courses
The following required courses may be applied to general education requirements:
- (3 Credits, DATA 200)
- (3 Credits, MATH 115) or a more advanced MATH course
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you become a highly skilled professional who can transform large amounts of data into actionable insights. One of the major outcomes of the program is to provide you with hands-on experience with a variety of the most ubiquitous analytical tools and methods.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses are available online
- Select on-site and hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $250 per credit hour
(Europe & Downrange)
See our Tuition Rates page for details.
Admission Requirements
Military-Specific Details
State-Specific Details
Information Technology with Informatics Specialization
Master's SpecializationThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2022-2023 academic year.
Build a strong foundation in all major categories of IT management, so you can take your career in any direction you choose. In the online IT master's specialization in informatics at University of Maryland Global Campus, you'll acquire the knowledge to become a valuable asset to any organization. Develop advanced skills in networking, security, software development, databases, web design, and IT acquisitions.
Program Highlights
- Design information systems, determine system requirements, understand modeling, make decisions, and develop and implement proposals
- Write system and software requirements, formal specification analyses, formal description reasonings, models of standard paradigms, and translations into formal notations
- Manage emerging technologies such as cloud computing, BYOD, and virtualization
- Write successful website development plans
- Design for the web using Java and CGI scripts, as well as usability best practices
- Develop web benchmarks, standards for representing common media formats, compression algorithms, file format translation tools, and hardware requirements and standards
- Ensure and manage information security, including risk and vulnerability analysis, security planning, and security architecture
- Apply legal, ethical, and privacy considerations to information assurance decisions
- Master techniques for relational database design, query optimization, concurrency control, recovery, and integrity
- Use a suite of development software, including rapid application development and agile development, Scrum, extreme programming, Evolutionary Project Management, lean software development, test-driven development, feature-driven development, Crystal solutions, Rational Unified Process, and other Unified Process methods
- Apply management practices related to the acquisition of IT systems, components, and services, including enterprise strategic planning, financial planning and budgeting, and integration
Required Courses
Initial Requirement
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
(to be taken within the first 6 credits of study)
The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, ITEC 610)
- (3 Credits, ITEC 625)
- (3 Credits, ITEC 626)
- (3 Credits, ITEC 630)
- (3 Credits, ITEC 640)
Specialization Courses
- (3 Credits, SWEN 603)
- (3 Credits, DBST 651)
- (3 Credits, SWEN 645)
- (3 Credits, INFA 610)
- (3 Credits, IMAT 637)
- (3 Credits, IMAT 639)
- (3 Credits, IMAT 670)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for work in all major areas of IT management, including networking, security, software development, databases, web design, and IT acquisitions.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
Taking UCSP 605 is recommended to help improve writing skills.
Total Program Credits
36
Transfer Credits
Up to 6
Format
- All courses are available online
- Select on-site and hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $350 per credit hour
(Europe & Downrange)
See our Tuition Rates page for details.
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation
Master of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2022-2023 academic year.
The online master’s degree in digital forensics and cyber investigation from University of Maryland Global Campus is designed to prepare you to meet the growing demand for investigative, leadership, and executive skills in analyzing and mitigating cyber crime. Learn how to determine whether a digital system has been attacked or compromised, and master reliable methods to identify, preserve, analyze, and present evidence for legal prosecution and administrative proceedings.
Program Highlights
- Design procedures at a suspected crime scene to ensure that the digital evidence obtained is not corrupted
- Conduct hands-on forensic searches to identify intrusion methods
- Employ rigorous procedures to enable forensic results that can withstand scrutiny in a court of law
- Explain the operation of digital components
- Seize, image, deconstruct, and analyze digital media for evidence
- Prepare professional reports
- Present digital forensics results in a court of law as an expert witness
Required Courses
Introductory Course
- CBR 600
Core Courses
- (6 Credits, DFC 610)
- (6 Credits, DFC 620)
- (6 Credits, DFC 630)
- (6 Credits, DFC 640)
- (6 Credits, CYB 670)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for work in government organizations, the private sector, and law enforcement agencies in the areas of computer and digital crime.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
We recommend a background in computing and programming. If you need to improve your computing skills, we recommend you take ASC 605. If you have not taken programming courses, we recommend you take ASC 609. We recommend ASC 601 if you'd like to improve your graduate writing skills.
Total Program Credits
36
Transfer Credits
Up to 6
Format
- All courses are available online
- Select on-site and hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $350 per credit hour
(Europe & Downrange)
See our Tuition Rates page for details.
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.