BSc in Data Science - Genomics and Bioinformatics in Philadelphia United States | Temple University

Gain expertise in the methods and systems, including biological data analysis, computational thinking and mathematics, used to mine immense data sets. Explore applications in biology, ecology, evolution, human health and disease, or precision medicine. Read more about the Bachelor of Science in Data Science, Genomics and Bioinformatics concentration. Data Science is an interdisciplinary field of study about methods and systems to extract knowledge or insights from large quantities of data coming in various forms. Temple's B.S. in Data Science is designed for students interested in developing expertise in data science. The Genomics and Bioinformatics concentration provides a strong background in mathematics, computational thinking, and biological data analysis, and will enable students to analyze large quantities of data to discover new knowledge and facilitate decision making. This specialization is intended for students interested in biology, ecology, evolution, human health and disease, and precision medicine. Over the past decade, the emergence of next-generation sequencing technologies has facilitated the rapid growth of genomic data, however, undergraduate training in big data management, big data processing, and big data analysis has not kept up with this rapid growth in large-scale biological data generation.