Developing an Interdiciplinary Data Science Program (2021)

by Mariam Salloum, Daniel Jeske, Wenxiu Ma, Vagelis Papalexakis, Christian Shelton, Vassilis Tsotras, and Shuheng Zhou

Abstract: This paper describes a newly developed Data Science major that is jointly offered between two departments (Computer Science and Statistics) and across two colleges (College of Engineering and College of Natural and Architectural Sciences). The paper explores the inspiration and motivation for creating the undergraduate Data Science program, the program curriculum, and the governing body of the program. We aim to recruit undergraduates, specifically women, into the new major which are underrepresented in Computer Science at our University. We expect that this Major in Data Science will serve as a general framework for establishing similar interdisciplinary programs.

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Mariam Salloum, Daniel Jeske, Wenxiu Ma, Vagelis Papalexakis, Christian Shelton, Vassilis Tsotras, and Shuheng Zhou (2021). "Developing an Interdiciplinary Data Science Program." SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.

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@inproceedings{Saletal21,
   author = "Mariam Salloum and Daniel Jeske and Wenxiu Ma and Vagelis Papalexakis and Christian Shelton and Vassilis Tsotras and Shuheng Zhou",
   title = "Developing an Interdiciplinary Data Science Program",
   booktitle = "{SIGCSE} Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education",
   booktitleabbr = "{SIGCSE}",
   year = 2021,
}