• Students who do NOT have background in statistics and database SQL need to take one or two leveling courses: ADTA 5100 - Fundamentals of Data Analytics; ADTA 5110 - Fundamentals of Data Collection and Management in the first semester. Pass the leveling courses with at least a grade B.
• Students will automatically receive Data Analytics Graduate Academic Certificate upon completion of five ADTA courses.
• With permission, students may transfer up to nine (9) approved accredited graduate hours. 
• Students have a total of five years to complete the Masters of Science degree. The five-year rule begins with the earliest date of any transferred graduate hours applied to the UNT degree. Graduate students must secure written permission from the graduate dean before registering for any course or courses at another institution while registered for any courses at UNT.
• Specific admission requirements for the graduate certificate program are in the UNT Graduate Catalog.  

Admission requirements

• a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and an expected 3.00 GPA in the undergraduate degree. Contact the HTM Graduate Coordinator if you have questions about a GPA below 3.0.
• A resume.
• A statement of purpose.