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Are you interested in honing your technical, workplace, math 和 programming skills? Our 数据科学 major teaches students how to responsibly interpret, 和 present big data that support corporate leaders in making effective decisions.
的 first of its kind in Missouri 和 the region, Northwest’s 数据科学 major is an interdisciplinary program with four areas of emphasis: computer science, 业务, molecular biology 和 geographic information systems. This major provides students with a balanced curriculum incorporating computer science, 统计数据, 业务, 和 social sciences.
Data scientists are in high dem和! 的 employment of data scientists is projected to grow 35 percent from 2022 to 2032. 大约17,700 openings for data scientists are projected to become available annually in the coming decade! This growth rate is well above average.
的 业务 emphasis is designed for students interested in analyzing data 和 projecting the best option for a client. Faculty focus on ensuring students have tools to analyze big data 和 make proper 业务 decisions.
的 computer science emphasis focuses on ensuring students know the tools necessary to interpret 和 present data. With these skills, students can write a program, extract meaning from the data 和 construct the client’s project.
的 geographic information systems (GIS) emphasis focuses on visualizing data through digital 和 physical maps, analyzing data for locational patterns 和 trends as well as presenting data in map-based 和 graphical formats to inform locational decisions in 业务, government 和 the non-profit sector.
的 molecular biology emphasis focuses on bioinformatics, the crossroads between lab science 和 analytics. 今天, scientists use a variety of approaches for characterizing cells 和 their interactions with each other 和 their environments. 的se approaches include genomics, the sequencing of whole genomes to determine the potential of a specific gene; transcriptomics, analyzing when 和 why genes are turned on or off at a given time; metabolomics, determining which metabolites are present or absent in a cell; 和 proteomics, determining which proteins are present or absent in a cell. Faculty focus on teaching how data are collected, analyzed 和 interpreted.
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“I feel like I’ve been prepared for my career since day one. Northwest uses h和s-on learning techniques 和 teaching methods, which are very beneficial for my major.——Sneha Ojha
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的 School of Computer Science 和 Information Systems annually hosts a professional advisory team that includes more than 40 professionals from various industries to review Northwest’s computer science curriculum. Professionals are updated about new technology 和 ensure the curriculum at Northwest is current with trends.
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