Data analytics includes the set of skills necessary to identify how to manage, represent and manipulate large and complex data stores; how to abstract, model and effectively analyze such data; and how to create quantitative visual cues to help explain and make informed decisions from those data. By making sense of a vast information landscape, data analytics has the potential to—and is already starting to—transform the way we understand and interact with the world.

Program objectives

A student graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in data analytics will demonstrate:

• An understanding of and ability to apply computer science principles relating to data representation, retrieval, programming and analysis of big data
• An understanding of and ability to apply statistical methods, models and concepts to data analysis and to draw conclusions supported by data
• Critical thinking skills associated with problem identification, problem solving and decision making
• The ability to apply knowledge gained from one area to problems and data in another
• The ability to communicate findings and their implications and to apply them effectively in organizational settings