Master of Science in Data Science

Virginia Commonwealth University

In addition to the general admission requirements of the VCU Graduate School, the following requirement represents the minimum acceptable standards for admission:Applicants must have earned a bachelors degree in computer science, statistics, operations research, analytics, engineering, physics or a closely related quantitative discipline from an accredited institution of higher education. With program adviser approval, a maximum of six credits of graduate-level course work may be transferred from VCUs non-degree status or from another accredited institution. Credits must be fewer than six years old from the time of admission and completed with a minimum grade of B (3.0). Credits applied to a degree previously earned at VCU or at another institution may not be transferred. Provisional admission may be granted when deficiencies exist. These deficiencies must be removed by the end of the first year of residence (or its part-time equivalent) when the students application will be re-examined. Courses that are remedial or designed to remove deficiencies will not be accepted for credit hours toward the fulfillment of the course requirements for the masters degree.