Honours BSc Data Science Concentrations

Students may complete one or two optional concentrations. The concentration(s), if declared, will appear on a student's transcript.

The credits required for a concentration count toward the CP/DATA/MA/ST electives.

Big Data Concentration

CP372 - Computer Networks
CP422 - Programming for Big Data
CP423 - Text Retrieval and Search Engines
CP468 - Artificial Intelligence
CP476 - Internet Computing

 
Financial Risk Analysis Concentration

The following courses are required for the Concentration in Financial Risk Analysis:

MA170 - Introduction to Mathematics for Finance;
MA270 - Financial Mathematics I;
One of MA370 - Financial Mathematics II or MA373 - Introduction to Actuarial Mathematics;
One of MA477 - Quantitative Financial Risk Management or ST473 - Financial Data Analysis;
1.0 additional credit from ST courses at the 300 or 400 level (which must include ST359 if MA370 is taken)

MA371 shall be taken in the core.

 
Statistical Analysis Concentration

DATA200 - Data Analytics
0.5 credit from: ST358 and ST359
ST361 - Mathematical Statistics
0.5 credit from ST463 - Computational Statistics and ST474 - Monte Carlo Methods
0.5 additional credits from ST courses at the 300 or 400 level; MA371 shall be taken in the core.