Data Analytics (Minor)
This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2026-Spring 2027 catalog year. For more information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.
Minor in Data Analytics
Unit: College of Business
Academic Plan Code(s): DANAMINOR
The minor in Data Analytics is open to all students at the University of Louisville except CIS majors. The minor consists of 18 credit hours. Applicants to the minor must have completed 30 or more semester hours. To be admitted to the minor, a student must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5. For graduation (in addition to all other degree requirements) a 2.0 GPA is required in the Data Analytics minor courses.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Business Statistics 1 | ||
| Mathematical Foundations for Computer Science | ||
| Probability and Statistics for Engineers | ||
| Elementary Statistics - QR | ||
| Introduction to Social Statistics | ||
| Introduction to Social Statistics | ||
| Intermediate Statistical Analysis | ||
| Political Science Research Methods | ||
| CIS 343 | Analytics Programming | 3 |
| CIS 310 | Database Design | 3 |
| or CSE 335 | Introduction to Database | |
| CIS 344 | Data Analytics | 3 |
| CIS 445 | Machine Learning | 3 |
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| AI Prompt Engineering | ||
| AI Ethics | ||
| AI Agent Development | ||
| Emerging Topics in Information Systems | ||
| Special Topics in Data Analytics | ||
| Minimum Total Hours | 18 | |
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The following courses will also meet the statistics requirement: MATH 109, PSYC 301, SOC 301, ISE 360, MATH 360, PHST 302, POLS 390 or equivalent.
At least three (3) semester hours of the requirements for a minor must be successfully completed while enrolled in the University of Louisville.
