Undergraduate data science degrees emphasize computer science and statistics but fall short in ethics training and domain-specific context.

ABSTRACT: The interdisciplinary field of data science, which applies techniques from computer science and statistics to address questions across domains, has enjoyed recent considerable growth and interest. This emergence also extends to undergraduate education, whereby a growing number of institutions now offer degree programs in data science. However, there is considerable variation in what the field actually entails and, by extension, differences in how undergraduate programs prepare students for data-intensive careers. We used two seminal frameworks for data science education to evaluate undergraduate data science programs at a subset of 4-year institutions in the United States; developing and applying a rubric, we assessed how well each program met the guidelines of each of the frameworks. Most

SUBMITTER: Oliver JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8022506 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature