Data science is the emerging interdisciplinary study and application of how we capture, organize, archive, access, and use large-scale data.The program is designed to engage and serve the interests of a wide range of students with emphasis on interdisciplinary opportunities and challenges of data science, including ethics and privacy. Skills in data science are highly transferable across many areas of practice and professions, from physics to health care to social policy.
Course areas in data science include:
- linear algebra
- econometrics
- statistics
- data analysis
- advanced design and statistical analysis
- data visualization and communication
- data acquisition and organization
- experiential data science