Data Science and Engineering

Data Science and Data Engineering are multidisciplinary fields that apply tools and methods drawn from computer science and statistics to other knowledge domains to make predictions and decisions as well as to derive insights from both structured and unstructured data. The Data Science and Engineering (DSE) program will provide a solid foundation in the core data science and engineering skills, which will allow students to analyze, process, visualize and apply machine learning and computational statistics to problems in engineering, scientific and other disciplines. It is targeted at students with a background in science, engineering or mathematics who wish to learn data science methodology.

The core data science methodology covered in the DSE program will provide students with fundamental data science and engineering computational and statistical skills. They will apply these skills to domain by combining the core knowledge with domain knowledge acquired through two or more electives taken that domain. Finally, students will complete a mandated capstone project or thesis demonstrating their mastery of the methodology.