1. A Current Situation Analysis of Data Science-related Programs in North American iSchools in the Big Data Age
Han Wenting & Guo Yutong
School of Information Management, Nanjing University
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2. Introduction Big Data Data Science Data Scientists, 190,000, 2018
In our research, we selected all 37 North American iSchools to make an overall situation analysis on Data Science-related Programs (DSPs)1 from the perspective of curriculum and program settings.
1. DSPs refers to Data Science-related Programs in the paper
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3. Bachelor Degree or Specialization
DSPs in North American iSchools
Credit Requirement: between 100 and 200 hours.
Course Category: General/ Core/ Elective/ Capstone Courses and so on
Curriculum Similarity: Statistics, Programming, Data Processing
Subject Cross: DSPs opened up by several Schools & Minor Requirement
Table 1 Specific Degree & Major in 6 DSPs of Bachelor Degree
iSchool
Degree & Major
Drexel University: CC&I
B. S. in Data Science
The Pennsylvania State University: CIS&T
Simmons, Boston: SL&IS
B. S. in Data Science And Analytics
University of California, Irvine: DBSI&CS
University of South Florida: SI
B. S. in Information Studies with Data Science & Analytics Concentration
University of Washington: IS
B. S. in Informatics with Data Science Option
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4. Master Degree or Specialization
DSPs in North American iSchools
DSPs of M.S. in 20
N. A. iSchools?
Yes!
DS specializations, designated course requirements
M. S./ M. P. S./ M.A. in Data Science
setting up M. S. / M. P. S. degree in IT/IS with Data Science or equivalent specializations, recommending elective courses but no requirements.
No!
No!
Mode 3
Yes!
Yes!
Mode 1
Mode 2
setting up M. S. / M. P. S. degree in Data Science or equivalent
setting up M. S. / M. P. S. degree in IT/IS with Data Science or equivalent specializations, designated course requirements
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5. 6 DSPs of Bachelor Degree
Question
15 DSPs of Master Degree
6 DSPs of Bachelor Degree
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Is it explainable that opening up DSPs of M. S. is more significant than DSPs of B. S.?
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