The?computer science?emphasis focuses on ensuring students have knowledge about the tools necessary to interpret and present data. By having these skills, students are able to write a program, extract meaning from the data and construct the client?s project.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Data scientists are in high demand. A McKinsey Global Institute report estimates that by 2018, ?the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts with the know-how to use the analysis of big data to make effective decisions.?