The four-unit Data 8 course satisfies quantitative reasoning and statistics requirements for most majors at UC Berkeley. Specifically, it meets the statistics requirement for majors like Business, Civil Engineering, Cognitive Science, Economics, Psychology, Public Health, and Sociology. The only exceptions are Environmental Economics and Policy, Mathematics Teaching, Nutritional Science Dietetics, and Public Health, although Public Health students are encouraged to take Data 8.
The four-unit Data 8 course satisfies quantitative reasoning and statistics requirements for most majors at UC Berkeley. Specifically, it meets the statistics requirement for majors like Business, Civil Engineering, Cognitive Science, Economics, Psychology, Public Health, and Sociology. The only exceptions are Environmental Economics and Policy, Mathematics Teaching, Nutritional Science Dietetics, and Public Health, although Public Health students are encouraged to take Data 8.
The four-unit Data 8 course satisfies quantitative reasoning and statistics requirements for most majors at UC Berkeley. Specifically, it meets the statistics requirement for majors like Business, Civil Engineering, Cognitive Science, Economics, Psychology, Public Health, and Sociology. The only exceptions are Environmental Economics and Policy, Mathematics Teaching, Nutritional Science Dietetics, and Public Health, although Public Health students are encouraged to take Data 8.
The four-unit foundational Data Science course, Foundations of Data Science, or Data 8 (COMPSCI / INFO / STAT C8), satisfies the L&S Quantitative Reasoning requirement(link is external) and the statistics requirement in most majors that require statistics. Majors that accept Data 8 to satisfy statistics requirements:
Business Administration (Stat 88 or UGBA 96 also required)
Civil Engineering Conservation & Resource Studies Cognitive Science College of Environmental Design Individual Major Development Studies Economics (Stat 88 also required) Forestry Genetics & Plant Biology Global Studies Legal Studies Microbial Biology Molecular Environ Biology (under ESPM) Nutritional Science-Molecular Toxicology Nutritional Science-Physiology & Metabolism Political Economy Psychology Public Health Social Welfare Society and Environment Sociology Statistics Sustainable Environ Design Urban Studies
The following are the only majors with a statistics requirement that do not yet accept Data 8.
Environ Econ & Policy
Mathematics - Teaching Nutritional Science - Dietetics Public Health o CS/INFO/STAT C8: Foundations of Data Science (4) is highly encouraged for Public Health students. This course may be a required prerequisite in the future..