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The Data Science specialization equips students with essential competencies for collaborating on data science teams. This includes programming proficiency, mastery of data structures and algorithms, statistical techniques, and hands-on experience tackling large-scale real-world data challenges. Graduates with this specialization emerge from BYU with a versatile, methodical, and adaptable mindset toward data, a shared professional language for interdisciplinary data work, and strong abilities to interpret and convey statistical findings.
Program Objectives:
Statistical modeling expertise
Program alumni will showcase competence in evaluating data through proper selection, validation, and explanation of diverse statistical models.
Technical computing abilities
Graduates will demonstrate proficiency in data processing, applying suitable statistical approaches, maintaining documentation, and troubleshooting code within various statistical computing environments.