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Academic Catalog 2020-2021 
    
Academic Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Data Science, BS


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The foundations of the Bachelor of Science in Data Science are data curation, mathematical foundations, computational thinking, statistical thinking, data modeling, communication and visualization, and ethics.

Program Learning Outcomes


Students who complete this major will learn the data cycle of obtaining, curating, managing, processing, exploring, analyzing, and communicating data. They will:

  • Connect abstract mathematics with real-world problems involving data.
  • Apply computational and statistical thinking to the acquisition and analysis of data.
  • Build statistical models and assess them.
  • Become proficient in current statistical, numerical, and visualization software.
  • Responsibly handle data.
  • Communicate their analyses in both written and visual formats.

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