The Master of Science in Data Science program, offered by the College of Science’s Department of Computer Science and Department of Mathematics and Statistics. This degree is designed for students with an undergraduate degree in the sciences or engineering, and it provides both mathematical and algorithmic foundational knowledge and practical programming skills for data science careers.
The CIP code for the MS Data Science is 30.0801. Per the current DHS posted list from 2016 [pdf] this is a STEM Designated degree program, making this program eligible for the STEM OPT extension program.
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
Design and implement complete solutions using massive amounts of data based on artificial-intelligence, machine-learning, or statistical-analysis methods.
Design and implement new methods to capture and analyze massive amounts of data.
Use and improve existing tools for capturing and analyzing massive amounts of data.
This degree assists those with a baccalaureate degree in the sciences or engineering to pursue a data science career by providing them with a rigorous and affordable education in mathematics, statistics, computer science and machine learning. Graduates will appeal to a number of data-based careers including but not limited to data scientist, data analyst, data mining specialist, machine learning engineer, and data and analytics manager.
