The Data Science and Computing Program major and minor inclusively empower UC Merced undergraduates to creatively and ethically apply data science mastery to any scientific domain of study at UC Merced, as well as to the academic, commercial, and humanitarian pursuits of their dreams.
Graduates will be prepared to tackle real-world problems with foundational skills and knowledge in communication, ethics, computing, statistics, machine learning and domain applications. Graduates will be prepared to enter careers in technology, public service, academic research, and many other fields where rigorous and ethical analysis of large data sets is crucial to success. The program’s curriculum is tailor-made for data scientists, providing the specific core skills and knowledge that are sought after by employers seeking to hire data science graduates.
The Data Science and Computing Major includes domain specializations for every major program within the School of Natural Sciences as well as programs in other schools. Students may also design their own custom domain specializations. The Data Science and Computing Minor provides a calculus-free path to Data Science education that can be flexibly combined with any other major on campus.
