Data Science is a rapidly growing field that provides students with a wide variety of career paths and opportunities for advanced study. Students majoring in Data Science will learn to think critically about the process of understanding data. The major includes a foundation in the mathematics, data analysis, and computing that are needed for the acquisition, visualization, and analysis of complete data sets. Students will also have a capstone internship experience to put the skills and knowledge learned and to put it in action.
A student cannot get a Data Science Major in addition to a Computer Science Major.
Students must complete twelve courses plus the capstone as follows:
It is strongly recommended that the student have a minor in a subject area where data analysis is used such as political science, psychology, sociology, biology, environmental science, neuro science, business administration health services leadership, or others.
Students may not get a major in two of the following: Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Data Science.
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