DSVCRTU - Data Science and Visualization

Undergraduate Certificate

College of Information Science

Undergraduate

The 13-credit hour Data Science and Visualization Certificate will provide undergraduate students the confidence and training they need in data collection, exploration, manipulation and storage, analysis, and presentation in order to navigate data-rich workplace environments. The certificate will signal to employers that students have dedicated the time and energy necessary to develop the skills and confidence for tackling messy, real-world data problems using modern programming languages. The Certificate will service a diverse student population, training both 1) technically-minded students the nuances associated with successfully developing and communicating data methods and results, and 2) less technically-minded students the basic skills necessary for gathering insights from data. The Certificate will require students to complete either an introductory data science or statistics course, a data mining course covering some of the more advanced algorithms used for gaining insight into and predicting from big data, and one elective course advancing their knowledge of how data science is conducted in research and business settings.