{"id":11099,"date":"2025-07-17T10:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/?page_id=11099"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:55:01","slug":"master-of-science-in-data-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/academics\/master-of-science-in-data-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Science in Data Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Master of Science in Data Science equips graduates to turn data into actionable insights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"panel s-wrapper site-panel site-panel--cardgrid top-padding--remove_padding bottom-padding--add_padding\"\n\t\t\t\t data-index=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t data-js=\"panel\"\n\t\t\t\t data-type=\"cardgrid\"\n\t\t\t     \n\t\t\t\t data-modular-content>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"l-content--outer\">\n\t\t<div class=\"l-content--inner site-panel--cardgrid--inline l-container--inner\">\n\n\t\n            <header class=\"s-header \">\n\n            \n\n            \n<h2\n\t\tclass=\"site-panel__title s-title h2\"\n\t\t>\n\n\tProgram Resources\n\n<\/h2>\n\n                            \n            \n        <\/header>\n    \n\n\t\n    <div class=\"s-content\">\n        <div class=\"g-row g-row--col-2 g-row--col-2--min-full\"\n             data-depth=\"0\"\n             data-name=\"cards\"\n             data-livetext>\n\n                            <div class=\"g-col\">\n                    \n<div class=\"c-card c-card--blue\">\n\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/academics\/master-of-science-in-data-science\/master-of-science-in-data-science-application-requirements\/\" target=\"\" class=\"c-card__link-wrap\"><span class=\"u-screen-reader-text\">\n<h3\n\t\tclass=\"c-card__title\"\n\t\t>\n\n\tMaster of Science in Data Science \u2013 Application Requirements\n\n<\/h3> Master of Science in Data Science \u2013 Application Requirements<\/span><\/a>\n\t\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n            <i class=\"c-card__icon c-card__icon--arrow c-card__icon--arrow--white\"><\/i>\n    \n\t<div class=\"c-card__content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\n        \n            \n                            \n<h3\n\t\tclass=\"c-card__title\"\n\t\t>\n\n\tMaster of Science in Data Science \u2013 Application Requirements\n\n<\/h3>\n            \n            \n            \n                            \n<div class=\"c-cta c-card__cta c-cta--inverse\" >\n\t<span class=\"c-cta__content\">Master of Science in Data Science \u2013 Application Requirements<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n        \n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"g-col\">\n                    \n<div class=\"c-card c-card--blue\">\n\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/academics\/master-of-science-in-data-science\/master-of-science-in-data-science-faq\/\" target=\"\" class=\"c-card__link-wrap\"><span class=\"u-screen-reader-text\">\n<h3\n\t\tclass=\"c-card__title\"\n\t\t>\n\n\tMaster of Science in Data Science \u2013 FAQ\n\n<\/h3> Master of Science in Data Science \u2013 FAQ<\/span><\/a>\n\t\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n            <i class=\"c-card__icon c-card__icon--arrow c-card__icon--arrow--white\"><\/i>\n    \n\t<div class=\"c-card__content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\n        \n            \n                            \n<h3\n\t\tclass=\"c-card__title\"\n\t\t>\n\n\tMaster of Science in Data Science \u2013 FAQ\n\n<\/h3>\n            \n            \n            \n                            \n<div class=\"c-cta c-card__cta c-cta--inverse\" >\n\t<span class=\"c-cta__content\">Master of Science in Data Science \u2013 FAQ<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n        \n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n            \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-degree-requirements\">Degree Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-required-core-courses-12-credits\">Required Core Courses (12 credits):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CS 533 Introduction to Data Science (3 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CS 534 Machine Learning (3 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MATH 562 Probability and Statistics (3 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MATH 572 Computational Statistics (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-elective-courses-6-credits\">Elective Courses (6 credits):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Take at least 3 credits from the following: Graduate courses in Computer Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take at least 3 credits from the following: Graduate courses in MATH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-culminating-activity-12-credits-complete-one-of-the-following\">Culminating Activity (12 credits) &#8211; 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MS Outcome Assessment (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-total-credits-30\">Total Credits: 30<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/graduatecatalog\/#\/programs\/S1iY91SRn?q=data%20science&amp;&amp;limit=20&amp;skip=0&amp;bc=true&amp;bcCurrent=Master%20of%20Science%20in%20Data%20Science&amp;bcItemType=programs\">Graduate College Catalog Details<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Master of Science in Data Science equips graduates to turn data into actionable insights&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3403,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11099","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11099"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12399,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11099\/revisions\/12399"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}