Program Director: Catherine Baker, Ph.D.
Data Science is the science of planning for, acquiring, managing, analyzing, modeling, and drawing inferences from data. Data scientists use statistical and computing skills to gain meaningful insights from big data. Students will explore the practical and theoretical foundations for interacting with data throughout its lifecycle: from data collection and storage through to data modeling and analysis. Data Science will develop computational and algorithmic problem-solving skills for interacting with data, apply statistical inference and modeling techniques to analyze large data sets, and use mathematical and computing tools to develop and evaluate new approaches for data modeling. Data Science majors will be able to communicate with both data consumers and data producers through written, oral, and visual techniques, and explore the ethical and professional issues surrounding the data revolution.