The Board of Governors last spring approved two new degree programs in data science—a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science—that will be offered through the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) in partnership with the School of Communication and Information, the School of Engineering, and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.
“Data science is a rapidly developing discipline, with new knowledge acquired and methods invented every day,” says Thu Nguyen, the SAS Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences who helped lead the development of the new programs. “Further, techniques from data science are widely applicable, and can support and contribute to areas across engineering, business, and the classical liberal arts and sciences.”
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