Bachelor of Science in Information Science, Systems, and Technology - Data Science

Information Science offers a Bachelor of Science through the College of Engineering in Information Science, Systems, and Technology (ISST). The ISST major studies the design and management of complex information systems, with an emphasis on information systems engineering in broad application contexts, where issues at the confluence of information science, technology, and management are the primary concerns. Students take classes in operations research modeling techniques, statistics, computer science, economics, and the social and organizational contexts in which transformative information systems exist. The BS in Information Science, Systems, and Technology, (ISST) allows students to study the creation, representation, organization, application, and analysis of information in digital form.

This concentration will equip students to learn about the world through data analytics. Professional positions requiring data analytics and statistical analysis combined with communication in commercial, academic and public service settings. Ex: Data Journalist, who finds questions in the real world, collects and analyzes data to address that question, and then explains the implications of that analysis in accessible terms. Related Job Titles: data scientist, statistician, data engineer, machine learning engineer