
Data Science
Create better solutions
Data provides the concrete evidence that allows businesses grow, research, streamline resources, and identify the metrics that measure their success. Data scientists and analysts use their knowledge of programming, math and statistics to organize and interpret large data sets to answer the real-world questions every business and organization has.
School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Programs of Study
Data Science
Associate of Science (MAS1011)
The Data Science associate degree provides students with a foundation in data analysis. Students will model, synthesize, and present large data sets for business decision-making. This program prepares students for entry-level jobs, or to help them advance into careers.
Courses focus on the techniques and tools to extract data from various data sources, model, integrate data, and visualize data for organizational decision making and intelligence gathering. Topics covered include statistics, research methods, SQL queries, systems analysis, design, and applied predictive analytics.
Data Analytics
Certificate (MCE1009)
The Data Analytics certificate provides students with a foundation in data analysis. Courses focus on the techniques and tools to extract data from various data sources, model, integrate data, and visualize data for organizational decision making and intelligence gathering.
Certificate courses follow the same path as the Data Science associate degree, without the need to fulfill general education requirements.
More Ways to Learn
Why study data science?
What You'll Learn
- How to identify, extract, clean and maintain data in databases.
- How to interpret and evaluate data trends or patterns in complex data sets using statistical techniques, analytic methods, and tools.
- How to create and monitor reports to preserve data quality, identify critical issues, trends, and potential solutions.
Career Options
- Operation Data Analyst
- Business Analytics Specialist
- System Data Analyst
- Statistician
- Data Visualization Developer
- Test Data Analyst
- Market Research Analyst
- Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer or Architect