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Master of Engineering in Applied Data Science

Curriculum

The MADS program consists of six compulsory core technical courses (9 units), three compulsory professional courses (3 units), and three technical elective courses (4.5 units) selected from a list for a total of 16.5 units of course work:

First term	Second term	Third term
Two compulsory core technical courses: ECE 503; CSC 501	Two compulsory core technical courses: ECE 535; CSC 502	Two compulsory core technical courses: ECE 537; CSC 503
One compulsory professional course: ECE 592A	One compulsory professional course: ECE 591	One compulsory professional course: ECE 592B
Three technical elective courses are to be chosen by the student from the Electives list and taken during the three terms.

Compulsory core technical courses:

CSC501 - Algorithms and Data Models
CSC502 - Systems for Massive Datasets
CSC503 - Data Mining
ECE503 - Optimization for Machine Learning
ECE535 - Data Analysis and Pattern Recognition
ECE537 - Applied Data Analysis

Compulsory professional courses:^a

ECE591 - Professional Foundation
ECE592A - Professional Career Development I
ECE592B - Professional Career Development II

Three elective courses from the following list:^b

CSC511 - Information Visualization
CSC520 - Analysis of Algorithms
CSC522 - Graph Algorithms
CSC523 - Randomized Algorithms
CSC529 - Cryptography
CSC545 - Operations Research I
CSC561 - Multimedia Systems
CSC569 - Wireless and Mobile Networks
CSC575 - Music Retrieval Techniques
CSC588A - Selected Topics in Data Science
CSC588B - Selected Topics in Data Science
CSC588C - Selected Topics in Data Science
CSC588D - Selected Topics in Data Science
CSC591 - Directed Studies
ECE504 - Random Signals
ECE515 - Information Theory
ECE531 - Digital Filters I
ECE551 - Digital Filters II
ECE553 - Introduction to Parallel and Cluster Computing
ECE564 - Neural Networks and Their Implementation
ECE572 - Security, Privacy, and Data Analytics
ECE573 - Advanced Engineering Design by Optimization
ECE579A - Selected Topics in Data Science
ECE590 - Directed Study

A maximum of two courses may be from the statistics elective courses below:

STAT558 - Design and Analysis of Experiments
STAT560 - Bayesian Statistics
STAT564 - Statistical Computing
STAT566 - Robust Statistics

Notes:

a.	The Program Director may apply to waive the requirement of the compulsory professional courses and replace them with additional elective courses with the same total unit weight (as the compulsory professional courses).
b.	Not all elective courses are necessarily offered in each academic year. The student should contact the department that offers a particular elective course for scheduling information.