2025-2026 Study Plan:
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE TITLE | requisite | HOURS/WEEK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRE-req | CO-req | CR | LEC | LAB | ||
| SEMESTER 1 | ||||||
| COMM1010 | English Communication I | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| INFS1101 | Introduction to Computing & Problem Solving | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| MATH1030 | Calculus I | MATH1020 OR AMPII Score of 85% | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Elective - Effective & Experiential Learning: select 1 of 3 | ||||||
| EFFL1001 | Effective Learning | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| EFFL1002 | Applied & Experiential Learning | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| EFFL1003 | Experiential Learning & Entrepreneurship | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Semester 1 Total: | 12 | 11 | 3 | |||
| SEMESTER 2 | ||||||
| COMM1020 | English Communication II | COMM1010 | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| INFS1201 | Computer Programming | INFS1101 | - | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| DACS2101 | Discrete Structures | INFS 1101 AND MATH1020 AMPII Score of 85% | - | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| MATH1040 | Statistics | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Semester 2 Total: | 13 | 11 | 6 | |||
| SEMESTER 3 | ||||||
| INFS1301 | Computing Ethics & Society | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Elective: select 1 of 3 | ||||||
| SCIE1001 | Science & Its Applications | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SCIE1002 | Science & the Environment | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| BIOL1070 | Microbiology and Food Quality | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Semester 3 Total: | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Year 1 Total: | 31 | 27 | 12 | |||
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE TITLE | requisite | HOURS/WEEK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRE-req | CO-req | CR | LEC | LAB | ||
| SEMESTER 4 | ||||||
| DSAI2201 | Introduction to Data Science & AI | MATH1070 OR INFS1201 AND MATH1040 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| INFT2101 | Networking I | INFT1201 or INFS1101 | - | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| DACS2202 | Introduction to Computing Systems | DACS2101 or INFT2102 AND INFS1201 | - | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| MATH1050 | Linear Algebra | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Semester 4 Total: | 14 | 11 | 10 | |||
| SEMESTER 5 | ||||||
| DACS2201 | Introduction to Data & Cyber Security | INFT2101 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| DSAI3201 | Machine Learning | DSAI2201 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| INFS2201 | Database Management Systems | INFS1201 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| INFS3102 | Object Oriented Programming | INFS1201 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Semester 5 Total: | 12 | 8 | 12 | |||
| SEMESTER 6 | ||||||
| SOFT2301 | Software Project Management | Min 50 Credits | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Elective - Social Sciences, Humanities, & the Arts: select 1 of 7 | ||||||
| SSHA1001 | Islamic & Arab Civilization | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SSHA1002 | Introduction to Sociology | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SSHA1003 | Introductory Psychology | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SSHA1004 | Ethical Reasoning | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SSHA1005 | Law & Society | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SSHA1006 | Introduction to the Arts | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SSHA2001 | Visual Literacy | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Semester 6 Total: | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Year 2 Total: | 32 | 24 | 25 | |||
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE TITLE | requisite | HOURS/WEEK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRE-req | co-req | CR | LEC | LAB | ||
| SEMESTER 7 | ||||||
| DSAI4101 | Deep Learning | DSAI3201 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| INFS3104 | Data Structures & Algorithms | INFS3102 & DACS2101 OR INFS3102 & INFT2102 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| DSAI3203 | Fundamentals of AI | DACS2101 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Elective - Global Awareness & Regional Challenges: select 1 of 4 | ||||||
| ECON1001 | Global Economic Concepts | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| GARC1001 | Qatar History & Society | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| GARC2001 | Human Development in Qatar | COMM1020 | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| GARC2002 | Globalization & Environment | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Semester 7 Total: | 12 | 9 | 9 | |||
| SEMESTER 8 | ||||||
| DSAI3301 | Data Analysis & Visualization | DSAI2201 & MATH1040 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| DSAI3202 | Cloud Computing for Data Science | INFS3104 & DACS2202 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| DSAI4104 | Fundamentals of IoT | INFT2101 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| DSAI3205 | Web Mining | INFS2201 & DSAI3201 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Semester 8 Total: | 12 | 8 | 12 | |||
| SEMESTER 9 | ||||||
| DSAI3302 | Ethical AI & Data Governance | DSAI3201 AND INFS1301 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Elective - Global Awareness & Regional Challenges: select 1 of 4 | ||||||
| ECON1001 | Global Economic Concepts | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| GARC1001 | Qatar History & Society | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| GARC2001 | Human Development in Qatar | COMM1020 | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| GARC2002 | Globalization & Environment | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Semester 9 Total: | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Year 3 Total: | 30 | 22 | 24 | |||
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE TITLE | requisite | HOURS/WEEK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRE-req | CO-req | CR | LEC | LAB | ||
| SEMESTER 10 | ||||||
| COMP4101 | Practicum | Min 80 Credits | - | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| DSAI4103 | Business Analytics | DSAI3301 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| DSAI4109 | Natural Language Processing | DSAI4101 & INFS3104 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Elective: select 1 of 2 | ||||||
| DSAI4107 | Reinforcement Learning | DSAI4101 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| DSAI4108 | Signal & Image Processing | DSAI4101 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Semester 10 Total: | 12 | 7 | 15 | |||
| SEMESTER 11 | ||||||
| COMP4201 | Capstone Project | COMP4101 | - | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| DSAI4209 | Data-Intensive Computing | DSAI3202 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Elective: select 2 of 4 | ||||||
| DSAI4201 | Selected Topics in Data Science | DSAI4101 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| DSAI4202 | Information Retrieval | DSAI3201 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| DSAI4207 | Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning | DSAI4109 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| DSAI4208 | Computer Vision | DSAI4108 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Semester 11 Total: | 12 | 6 | 18 | |||
| SEMESTER 12 | ||||||
| COMP4301 | Work Placement | COMP4201 | - | 9 | 0 | 40 |
| Semester 12 Total: | 9 | 0 | 40 | |||
| Year 4 Total: | 33 | 13 | 33 | |||
| B.Sc. DSAI Program Total: | 126 | 86 | 134 | |||