Program Timeline: The MAD Minor requires a total of 5 four-unit courses, one of which may come from your major. Most MAD Minor courses – with MIST course codes – fulfill GE requirements. Find up-to-date scheduling information, Program Learning Outcomes and Minor Guidelines at the Office of the Registrar website.
Fundamental Requirement [4 units] – Complete the following course (which is not a prerequisite for other MAD courses):
Core Areas Requirement [12 units] - Complete three courses chosen from the following:
- MIST 130: Statistical Data Analysis and Optimization in R for Decision Support
- MIST 131: Data Governance for Analytics Projects
- MIST 132: Geographic Information Systems Analysis in Management
- MIST 133: Service Innovation
- MIST 134: Methods of Data and Network Science
- MIST 135: Technical Communication and Visualization Skills
- MIST 136: Retailing Management
- MIST 137: Managing Teamwork
Elective Requirement [4 units] - Complete one course chosen from the following:
- BIOE 103: Biosensors and Bioinstrumentation
- BIOE 108: Genetic Engineering
- COGS 103: Introduction to Neural Networks in Cognitive Science
- COGS 104: Complex Adaptive Systems
- COGS 105: Research Methods for Cognitive Scientists
- CSE 100: Algorithm Design and Analysis
- CSE 111: Database Systems
- CSE 120: Software Engineering
- CSE 173/COGS 123: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
- CSE 175/COGS 125: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- CSE 176: Introduction to Machine Learning
- ECON 110: Econometrics
- ENGR 180: Spatial Analysis and Modeling
- ENVE 155: Decision Analysis in Management
- ESS 132: Applied Climatology
- MATH 180: Modern Applied Statistics
- MGMT 180: Entrepreneurship
- ME 135: Finite Element Analysis
- ME 137: Computer Aided Engineering
- ME 141: Linear Controls
- ME 142: Mechatronics
- MSE 104: Engineering Living Systems
- MSE 119: Materials Simulations
- POLI 175: Advanced Analysis of Political Data
- PSY 105: Advanced Research Methods in Psychology
- PSY 171: Psychological Tests and Measurement