
Overview
Data science is a STEM discipline founded on the principles of mathematics and the sciences and developed through a synthesis of mathematics and computer science. One may think of data science as a blending together of methods and ideas from analysis, statistics, databases, big data, artificial intelligence, numerical analysis, graph theory and visualization for the purposes of finding information in data and applying that information to solving real-world problems.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this Data Science program from Kent State University will be able to:
- Ask the questions so that problems in a particular business or industrial situation become clear
- Determine if the problem may be addressed with data science methods and tools, and if yes, propose potential methods for solving the problems
- Make suggestions for how data science may be used to enhance the quality and value of currently existing products (whether the products are physical or methods) and how data science may be used in the development of new products
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Advanced database systems design
- Data mining techniques
- Big data analytics
- Applied statistics
- Computational statistics
- Statistical learning
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Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
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Informatics & Information Technology Data Science & Big Data View 511 other Masters in Data Science & Big Data in United StatesExplore more key information
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English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
- Minimum 3.000 undergraduate GPA (on a 4.000 point scale)
- Prerequisite mathematics and computer science courses1
- Official transcript(s)
- Two letters of recommendation
- English language proficiency
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International
17982 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 17982 USD for the full programme during 12 months. -
National
17982 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 17982 USD for the full programme during 12 months. -
In-State
9648 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9648 USD for the full programme during 12 months.
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