About Data Science
While studying Data Science, you’re learning how to extract insights from data by combining techniques from computer science, statistics, and domain expertise. You’ll develop skills to process, analyze, and visualize data, enabling you to solve complex problems and make data-driven decisions across industries like technology, finance, health care, and more.
Skills
- Selection, integration, and application of appropriate methods, models, and algorithms to address analytical questions across domains, considering fairness, transparency, and ethical implications
- Writing efficient, maintainable code using modern programming languages and employing AI tools while understanding their limitations
- Responsible transportation, storage, curation, and governance of data, addressing privacy and security concerns
- Designing reproducible workflows, interpreting results in context, and recognizing biases in data and models
- Effectively conveying findings through clear writing, oral presentations, and data visualizations tailored to diverse audiences
- Ethical and equitable teamwork, reflection on current practices, and commitment to continuous learning in data science.
Specializations offered
- Major, Data Science
- Minor, Data Science
- Co-op