Data Science and Analytics

New Student Admission Requirements

• Completed application for admission.
• Request official course transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate colleges and universities previously attended, which include confirmation of a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university showing a 3.0 (out of 4.0) or above GPA on your last BS or MS degree.
• Submit a current, professional resume or curriculum vitae.
• Submit a one-page Statement of Purpose, explaining reasons for seeking admission to our program. (This may be waived for students who have a background in Data Science/Analytics)
  • You should explain what factors have influenced your decision to apply and how this degree will help you achieve your short-term and long-term career goals.
  • Your Statement of Purpose should also show that you have taken steps to learn about our program and be familiar with and prepared for online or mixed delivery accelerated courses.
• Request two (2) academic or professional recommendations attesting to your ability to succeed in graduate studies. (This may be waived for students in a dual five-year BS-MS program)
• Applicant should show proof of familiarity with inferential statistics and some programming language. Transcripts or course descriptions may show that. A student may be asked to take remedial course(s) if the student does not have an adequate foundation to pursue this degree.
• International students whose first (native) language is not English need to have English proficiency test scores sent directly from the testing agency to demonstrate meeting the Ferris standards for English proficiency (e.g., TOEFL, IELTS, and Duolingo).

Provisional admission may be granted if an applicant does not meet all the admission requirements. If provisional admission is granted, the applicant must successfully complete nine (9) credit hours of graduate-level coursework with a 3.00 GPA (on a 4.00 scale) and correct all deficiencies in their admission requirements.

These requirements also apply to Transfer Students.

• Data Science and Analytics - Master's of Science
• Advanced Studies in Data Analytics - Graduate Certificate

• Applied Statistical Methods
• Programming for Data Science
• Visual Data Analytics
• Machine Learning
• Data Mining
• Predictive Analytics
• Data Science Capstone Project

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