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Certificate CERTIFICATE IN DATA SCIENCE
Faculty of Science - Statistical and Actuarial Sciences



Admission Requirements


Completion of the first-year requirements of any Major or Honours Specialization module, including 1.0 courses from Mathematics, Calculus, or Applied Mathematics at the 1000-level (with a minimum grade of 60%). Data Science 1000A/B or the former Statistical Sciences 1024A/B (either with a minimum grade of 60%) can be used to fulfil 0.5 of these requirements. The Certificate cannot be combined with a Minor, Major, Specialization, or Honours Specialization in Statistics, Actuarial Science, Computer Science, or Data Science.

Module/Program Information


Program
3.0 courses:

0.5 course from the Introductory Statistics Course List.
0.5 or 1.0 courses from: Data Science 2000A/B, Statistical Sciences 2864A/B, Computer Science 2120A/B, Digital Humanities 2220A/B, Data Science 2100A.
0.5 course: Data Science 3000A/B (or former Computer Science 4414A/B, the former Statistical Sciences 3850F/G, the former Software Engineering 4460A/B).
1.0 or 1.5 courses from: Computer Science 3121A/B, Computer Science 3346A/B, Computer Science 4415A/B, Computer Science 4417A/B, Computer Science 4417A/B, Computer Science 4442A/B, Statistical Sciences 3660A/B, Statistical Sciences 4850F/G, Statistical Sciences 4864A/B, or equivalent courses subject to the approval of the Department.