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B.S. in Data Science

 


Leverage big data in business, biology, political science, and more.

Grove City College offers a Bachelor of Science in Data Science that will prepare you for the rigors of graduate school or a high-impact career. Our four-year data science degree will train you to use data to reveal insights about society, science, and business. You’ll benefit from a robust curriculum, state-of-the-art facilities, and expert faculty mentors who will prepare you to hit the ground running as an innovative problem solver.

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Program Highlights
  • Extensive curriculum including 67-71 major credit hours of rigorous coursework in mathematics and statistics, computer science, and a domain of your choice. Exploring a combination of theoretical and empirical topics will prepare you to make data-driven decisions and solve real-world problems. For detailed descriptions of courses, refer to the College Catalog.
    • Mathematics coursework includes foundational probability, statistics, linear algebra, discrete math, and calculus to build your understanding of the theory underlying methods used in data science.
    • Computer science coursework includes computer programming, data structures and algorithms, database management, and machine learning to give you experience with predictive modeling and writing programs to efficiently store, retrieve, and analyze various data sets.
    • You may pick from a wide variety of domain areas including business, economics, exercise science, political science, psychology, accounting, finance, biology, chemistry, physics, and more. You will complete foundational and advanced courses to build your domain knowledge and prepare to communicate effectively with professionals in that domain.
    • Data science courses, including a capstone course in applied modeling and data visualization, integrate knowledge from your other courses, providing an opportunity to apply your domain knowledge and skills in mathematics and computer science to solve a real-world problem.
  • Flexibility to double major and complement your studies in data science.
    • For additional depth in mathematics or computer science, you can complete a double major within four years and earn a B.S. in both Data Science and Computer Science or both Data Science and Mathematics. You may also take additional courses in your chosen domain area to earn a second major. For example, you can complete a second major in business analysis, biology, or political science within four years.
  • Exposure to several programming languages, including Python, R, SQL, and Java.
  • Faculty mentors with significant teaching and industry experience, all of whom are fully dedicated to undergraduate education. All data science faculty earned PhDs researching artificial intelligence, machine learning, or data science from top-50 universities. Our faculty have experience working at Google on machine learning projects, developing the active learning system for Google Help suggestions, applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to solve problems in real estate, medical insurance, cybersecurity, and finance, and creating a unique course that explores AI and human consciousness from a Christian perspective.
  • Small class sizes provide opportunities to work closely with faculty and fellow students.
  • Exciting research opportunities that allow you to develop your passions and gain resume-building experience as an undergraduate student.
  • Classrooms designed for active, hands-on learning and collaboration, housed in a beautiful, state-of-the-art STEM building.
  • Vocation-enriching humanities core classes woven into your academic schedule that will cultivate greater empathy, critical thinking, writing and other communication skills, and a well-rounded understanding of the world and your place in it.
Career Outcomes
      • If you’re like 96% of Grove City College graduates, you too will be prepared to excel in graduate school or a vast array of careers that demand excellent data analysis and problem-solving skills.
      • Data drives business decisions and contributes to new discoveries in natural and social sciences. With such broad applicability, data scientists are in high demand. A LinkedIn Workforce Report calculated a shortage of “over 150,000 people with data science skills. ... As more industries rely on big data to make decisions, data science has become increasingly important across all industries, not just tech and finance.”
      • Whether continuing your education or jumping right into a career, you’re bound to stand out in your field with strong technical skills, the ability to communicate effectively, and experience working on teams to solve data science problems in your area of expertise.

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