Minor

The undergraduate minor in Data Science is designed to complement major degree programs primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Students with an undergraduate Data Science minor gain practical knowledge of statistical data analysis methods related to their field of interest. The minor:

• Equips students with exploratory and confirmatory data analysis tools, applied to diverse data types such as text, numbers, images, graphs, trees, and binary input.

• Strengthens research in related fields by teaching students how to correctly apply these techniques to convey their conclusions.

(No previous programming or statistical background is assumed.)

Learning Outcomes

Students are expected to:

1. Connect data to underlying phenomena and think critically about conclusions drawn from data analysis

2. Be knowledgeable about programming abstractions so they can later design their own computational inferential procedures