MS Data Science

The MS Data Science is a joint professional program between the Statistics and Computer Sciences Departments and is administered by the Statistics Department. The program provides students with abilities in computational and statistical thinking and skills, which may be combined with domain knowledge to address data-rich problems from diverse fields and various industries. Graduates will acquire data science competencies to think critically about data, and to manage, process, model, and analyze data to obtain meaning and knowledge, and further to use data in responsible, ethical ways. The curriculum addresses emerging and rapidly growing areas of applied statistical and computing research and practice. Graduates seek employment as data analysts and data scientists or pursue further education in data science, statistics, computer science, or related quantitative and computational fields.