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The College of Arts & Sciences and the College of Engineering & Design offer students an opportunity to earn both their undergraduate and graduate degrees through its five-year B.S./M.S. Data Analytics program. This program enables qualified students to earn, in a continuous plan of study, both a B.S. and a M.S. in Data Analytics in five years.

Upon completion of the B.S. program, graduates are expected to: Write reports and make presentations containing visual data or statistical results. Utilize database management systems and spreadsheet programs to collect, organize and display data. Use standard techniques of mathematics and statistics in order to address problems or explore phenomenon that are prevalent in various fields. Develop linkages between their interdisciplinary intellectual inquiries and their own ethical positions in terms of contemporary challenges facing individuals, communities and societies.

Upon completion of the M.S. program, graduates are expected to: Integrate the knowledge of mathematics, statistics and computer science to collect, analyze and interpret data. Use data to drive organizational decisions and optimize performance. Conduct analysis for advanced data mining strategies to optimize model performance. Make recommendations based on the evaluation of the ethical, legal and political issues of data usage and its implications for a given application, market or population.