{"id":11834,"date":"2017-02-18T10:44:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T16:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/academics\/?post_type=program&#038;p=11834"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:58:37","slug":"master-science-computer-information-science-data-science-option","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/academics\/program\/master-science-computer-information-science-data-science-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Science in Computer and Information Science &#8211; Data Science Option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Master of Science in Computer and Information Science (MCIS) program at the Southern Arkansas University is one of the largest, most affordable and highly attractive computer science graduate programs in the USA. The program offers a wide spectrum of online and onsite courses that are carefully designed to train the students in both theories and applications. The curriculum is constantly reviewed and updated to reflect the ongoing changes in the computer science field. The faculty members are highly qualified &#8212; many with extensive industry experience.<\/p>\n<p>Students in the MCIS program can either study general topics in computer science or, based on their background and interest, pursue one of the following focus areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data Science<\/li>\n<li>Cyber Security &amp; Privacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Data Science option focuses on data analytics, decision theories and big data. Students opting for this option are expected to have background in programming and basic statistics. Key career options include: data analyst, data scientist, data architect, data administrator, decision analyst, machine learning engineer, or pursuing doctoral studies.<\/p>\n<h3>Undergraduate Requirements<\/h3>\n<p>Students should have a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science or a related field. Students with a bachelor\u2019s degree in other areas will be considered, but will require to complete MCIS 5023 Computer Science Fundamentals: Concepts and MCIS 5033 Computer Science Fundamentals: Programming prerequisite courses. No credit is awarded towards the MCIS degree for the completion of these prerequisite courses.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the program please contact:<br \/>\n        <div id=\"dirwidget\" class=\"container \">\n                   \n        <div class=\"contacts-mirror\">\n            <ul class=\"row list\">\n                                                <li class=\"plain-list switch-view\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/contact\/karim-md\/\" class=\"title\">Md Karim<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li id=\"post-6041\" class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"well\"><div class=\"well-block\">\n                            <div class=\"photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/contact\/karim-md\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/36\/files\/2015\/09\/143A9974-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/36\/files\/2015\/09\/143A9974-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/36\/files\/2015\/09\/143A9974-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/36\/files\/2015\/09\/143A9974-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/36\/files\/2015\/09\/143A9974-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/36\/files\/2015\/09\/143A9974-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/36\/files\/2015\/09\/143A9974-scaled.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n                            <div class=\"info\">\n                                <div class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/contact\/karim-md\/\">Md Karim<\/a><\/div>\n                                <div class=\"contact-title\">Professor of Computer Science \/ MCIS Director<\/div>\n                                <div class=\"sep\"><\/div>\n                                <div class=\"email no-track\"><span class=\"icon\"><i class=\"bi bi-envelope-at-fill\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"ds-encoded\" data-e=\"109,101,107,97,114,105,109,64,115,97,117,109,97,103,46,101,100,117\"><\/span><\/div>\n                                <div class=\"phone\"><span class=\"icon\"><i class=\"bi bi-telephone-fill\"><\/i><\/span><a href=\"tel:870-235-5174\"><span class=\"ds-encoded\" data-e=\"56,55,48,45,50,51,53,45,53,49,55,52\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div><\/div>\n                    <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div><\/div>\n        <script>document.querySelectorAll(\".ds-encoded\").forEach(function(el){var c=el.getAttribute(\"data-e\").split(\",\");el.textContent=c.map(function(n){return String.fromCharCode(parseInt(n,10));}).join(\"\");});<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\" style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 18px\">For Newly Enrolled Students Only: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/cs\/mcis-2\/mcis-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MCIS Registration<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Master of Science in Computer and Information Science (MCIS) program at the Southern Arkansas University is one of the largest, most affordable and highly attractive computer science graduate programs in the USA. The program offers a wide spectrum of online and onsite courses that are carefully designed to train the students in both theories&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16413,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_genesis_title":"","_genesis_description":"","_genesis_noindex":"","_genesis_nofollow":"","_genesis_noarchive":"","_genesis_canonical_uri":"","_open_graph_title":"","_open_graph_description":"","_twitter_title":"","_twitter_description":"","_social_image_url":"","_social_image_id":"","redirect":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"college_department":[18307,18324,18306],"delivery":[28836,255,28834],"types":[28851],"class_list":{"0":"post-11834","1":"program","2":"type-program","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"college_department-school-of-graduate-studies","8":"college_department-mathematics-and-computer-science","9":"college_department-college-of-science-and-engineering","10":"delivery-hybrid","11":"delivery-on-campus","12":"delivery-online","13":"types-graduate","14":"entry"},"acf":{"department_college":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/academics\/science_and_technology\/mathematics_and_computer_science\/\">Mathematics &amp; 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