Academic Calendar - 2024

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024

Western Main Campus

Honours Specialization HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN DATA SCIENCE
Faculty of Science - Statistical and Actuarial Sciences



Admission Requirements


Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses, including (Calculus 1000A/B or Calculus 1500A/B) and (Calculus 1501A/B or (Calculus 1301A/B with a mark of at least 85%)), Mathematics 1600A/B, Computer Science 1026A/B or Data Science 1200A/B (either with a mark of at least 65%), Computer Science 1027A/B (with a mark of at least 65%) plus 0.5 additional principal courses, with no mark less than 60% in any of the 3.0 principal courses.

Recommended course: Data Science 1000A/B (or the former Statistical Sciences 1024A/B) or Statistical Sciences 1023A/B.

Note: Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1412A/B or the former Applied Mathematics 1412A/B and Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1414A/B or the former Applied Mathematics 1414A/B (or the former Applied Mathematics 1413) may be substituted for the 1.0 Calculus requirement. Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1411A/B or the former Applied Mathematics 1411A/B may be substituted for Mathematics 1600A/B. If not taken in the first year, Mathematics 1600A/B or Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1411A/B must be completed prior to the second term of second year.

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