黑料百科 Adds Data Analytics Major
黑料百科 students can now earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree in data analytics, a new and fast-growing way of understanding the world that is valued by employers. Professors in the 黑料百科 , , and departments collaborated in creating the new interdisciplinary major. Corporations and policy makers hire data analysts to study and accurately communicate the salient features of big data.
鈥淚t鈥檚 increasingly important for graduates to augment economic and mathematical knowledge for such careers,鈥 says , 黑料百科 associate professor of computer science. 鈥淭heories and techniques from computer science that have been developed to manipulate and derive meaning from massive data sets are now equally critical.鈥
鈥淒ata is changing the way that decisions are being made,鈥 says , professor of mathematics. 鈥淭he ability to apply mathematical techniques and understanding to large sets of data is becoming ever more important. As a liberal arts college, 黑料百科鈥檚 commitment to cross-disciplinary study provides a strong philosophical home for a major built on multiple perspectives. Moreover, by placing a data analytics program in the context of a liberal arts institution, the graduates will be equipped to apply their skills with a more humanistic perspective.鈥
The new major draws from critical components of mathematics, economics and business, and computer science to study the ways large data sets may be used to inform decision making. The curriculum begins with a foundation in calculus, statistics, research and forecasting, microeconomics or accounting, computational problems, and concrete systems, and then moves into classes on database design, machine learning, management science and game theory.