{"id":19588,"date":"2026-03-01T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketopia.co\/zc\/?page_id=19588"},"modified":"2026-03-01T12:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:57:17","slug":"data-science-and-ai-program-study-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marketopia.co\/zc\/data-science-and-ai-program-study-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Science and AI Program Study Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\n \n Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Program - Year 1 (31 Cr) <\/i><\/span> <\/i><\/span>\n \n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Year 1 \/ Semester 1<\/th><\/tr>
Course Code<\/th>Course Title<\/th>Cr<\/th>L<\/th>P<\/th>Prerequisite<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
CSAI 100<\/span><\/td>Introduction to Computational Sciences and AI<\/span><\/td>1<\/td>1<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
CSAI 101<\/span><\/td>Fundamentals of Programming and Computer Science<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>1<\/td>3<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
CSAI 102<\/span><\/td>Digital Logic and Computer Architecture<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
CSAI 252<\/span><\/td>Introduction to Computer Networks<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
ENGL 156<\/span><\/td>Technical English 1<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>ENGL 004, if the student was placed in ENGL 003 or ENGL 004 after the English placement exam.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
MATH 103<\/span><\/td>Calculus for Computational Sciences<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
SCH 163<\/span><\/td>Sustainability, Social and Ethical Issues in Computing<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/td>16<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/colgroup>
Year 1 \/ Semester 2<\/th><\/tr>
Course Code<\/th>Course Title<\/th>Cr<\/th>L<\/th>P<\/th>Prerequisite<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
CSAI 151<\/span><\/td>Object\u2010Oriented Programming<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 101, Fundamentals of Programming and Computer Science<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 103<\/span><\/td>Data acquisition in data science (ETL)<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 101, Fundamentals of Programming and Computer Science<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 104<\/span><\/td>Knowledge Representation and Reasoning<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>1<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 101, Fundamentals of Programming and Computer Science<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
ENGL 157<\/span><\/td>Technical English 2<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>ENGL 156, Technical English 1<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
MATH 104<\/span><\/td>Linear Algebra<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0<\/td>General Education Electives<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n\n \n Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Program - Year 2 (33 Cr) <\/i><\/span> <\/i><\/span>\n \n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Year 2 \/ Semester 1<\/th><\/tr>
Course Code<\/th>Course Title<\/th>Cr<\/th>L<\/th>P<\/th>Prerequisite<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
CSAI 201<\/span><\/td>Data Structures<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 151, Object\u2010Oriented Programming<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
CSAI 202<\/span><\/td>Introduction to Database Systems<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 151, Object\u2010Oriented Programming<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
CSAI 205<\/span><\/td>Fundamentals of Circuits and Electronics<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 203<\/span><\/td>Data Integration and Visualization<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
MATH 105<\/span><\/td>Probability and Statistics<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>MATH 103, Calculus for Computational Sciences<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
SCH 261<\/span><\/td>Engineering Project Management<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/td>17<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/colgroup>
Year 2 \/ Semester 2<\/th><\/tr>
Course Code<\/th>Course Title<\/th>Cr<\/th>L<\/th>P<\/th>Prerequisite<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
CSAI 251<\/span><\/td>Algorithm Design and Analysis<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 201, Data Structures<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
CSAI 253<\/span><\/td>Machine Learning<\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 201, MATH 105<\/span>
<\/span>Data Structures<\/span>
<\/span>Probability and Statistics<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 201<\/span><\/td>Data Mining and Information Retrieval<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 202, Introduction to Database Systems<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 202<\/span><\/td>Data Governance<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>1<\/td>3<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
MATH 205<\/span><\/td>Discrete Mathematics for Computational Sciences<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
SCH 264<\/span><\/td>Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/td>16<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n\n \n Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Program - Year 3 (37 Cr) <\/i><\/span> <\/i><\/span>\n \n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Year 3 \/ Semester 1<\/th><\/tr>
Course Code<\/th>Course Title<\/th>Cr<\/th>L<\/th>P<\/th>Prerequisite<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
CSAI 203<\/span><\/td>Introduction to Software Engineering<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 101, Fundamentals of Programming and Computer Science<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
CSAI 301<\/span><\/td>Artificial Intelligence<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 201, Data Structures<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 307<\/span><\/td>Statistical Inference<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>MATH 105, Probability and Statistics<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 308<\/span><\/td>Deep Learning<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 253, Machine Learning<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
MATH 303<\/span><\/td>Linear and Non-linear Programming for Computational Sciences<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>Math 103 AND Math 104<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0<\/td>General Education Electives<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/td>17<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/colgroup>
Year 3 \/ Semester 2<\/th><\/tr>
Course Code<\/th>Course Title<\/th>Cr<\/th>L<\/th>P<\/th>Prerequisite<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
CSAI 351<\/span><\/td>Principles and Practices for Secure Computing<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 201, Data Structures<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 305<\/span><\/td>Interpretability & Explainability in AI<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>1<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 253, Machine Learning<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 325<\/span><\/td>Introduction to Information Theory<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>

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DSAI 352<\/span><\/td>Computer Vision<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>DSAI 308, Deep Learning<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 353<\/span><\/td>Natural language processing<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>DSAI 308, Deep Learning<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0<\/td>General Education Electives<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/td>16<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/colgroup>
Year 3 \/ Summer<\/th><\/tr>
Course Code<\/th>Course Title<\/th>Cr<\/th>L<\/th>P<\/th>Prerequisite<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
CSAI 399<\/span><\/td>Internship<\/span><\/td>4<\/td>0<\/td>12<\/td>\u00a0Completion of 80 Credit Hours towards satisfying degree requirements<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/td>4<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n\n \n Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Program - Year 4 (31 Cr) <\/i><\/span> <\/i><\/span>\n \n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Year 4 \/ Semester 1<\/th><\/tr>
Course Code<\/th>Course Title<\/th>Cr<\/th>L<\/th>P<\/th>Prerequisite<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
CSAI 302<\/span><\/td>Advanced Database Systems<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 202, Introduction to Database Systems<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
CSAI 498<\/span><\/td>Senior Project - Part 1<\/span><\/td>1<\/td>0<\/td>3<\/td>Completion of 92 Credit Hours towards satisfying degree requirements<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 402<\/span><\/td>Reinforcement Learning<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>DSAI 308, Deep Learning<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 403<\/span><\/td>Nature inspired computation<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 456<\/span><\/td>Speech recognition<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0<\/td>Data Science and AI Specific Electives<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/td>16<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/colgroup>
Year 4 \/ Semester 2<\/th><\/tr>
Course Code<\/th>Course Title<\/th>Cr<\/th>L<\/th>P<\/th>Prerequisite<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
CSAI 499<\/span><\/td>Senior Project - Part 2<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>0<\/td>9<\/td>CSAI 498, Senior Project - Part 1<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 406<\/span><\/td>Machine Learning Engineering for Production (MLOps)<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>DSAI 308, Deep Learning<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 427<\/span><\/td>Big Data Analytics<\/span><\/td>3<\/td>2<\/td>3<\/td>CSAI 253, Machine Learning<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0<\/td>Data Science and AI Specific Electives<\/span><\/td>6<\/td>4<\/td>6<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Elective Courses<\/th><\/tr>
Course Code<\/th>Course Title<\/th>Cr<\/th>L<\/th>P<\/th>Prerequisite<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
DSAI 413<\/td>Multimedia Analytics<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>DSAI 308, Deep Learning<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 414<\/td>Social Analytics<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0DSAI 308, Deep Learning<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 415<\/td>Cloud software development<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0DSAI 308, Deep Learning<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 416<\/td>GIS and spatial Analytics<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0DSAI 308, Deep Learning<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 417<\/td>Chatbots<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>DSAI 456, Speech recognition<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 418<\/td>Conversational Agents<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>DSAI 456, Speech recognition<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 431<\/td>Fuzzy logic and fuzzy system<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>MATH 205, Discrete Mathematics for Computational Sciences<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 433<\/td>Game Theory<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>CSAI 301, Artificial Intelligence<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
DSAI 490<\/td>Selected Topics in Data science and AI<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
SW 402<\/td>Software Project Management<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
SW 403<\/td>AI in Modern Software Engineering<\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>

CSAI 203,Introduction to Software Engineering\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

CSAI253, Machine Learning<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

SWGCG 402<\/td>Visual Effects Production <\/span><\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>SWGCG 352, Computer and Physics-Based Animation <\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n