Building a New Data Science Program Based on an Existing Computer Science Program
Oudshoorn M.J.; Titus K.J.; Suchan W.K.
2020
Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
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10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9273934
Data Science is an emerging program of study which, by its very nature, is interdisciplinary. This paper explores the challenge of introducing a data science program, given an established computer science program, within a liberal arts institution which has a large general education core. In addition to the challenge of creating a new program, there are several other major challenges surrounding the fact that the discipline of data science continues to evolve, and accreditation criteria are currently being developed. © 2020 IEEE.
computer science; curriculum development; data science
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