MINOR

What You’ll Study

Warren Wilson College’s interdisciplinary data science minor prepares you to organize, analyze, and extract information from large data sets using statistics, computer science, and mathematics. You will learn how to gain insight into complex issues through data analysis, creating predictive models, visualizations, explanations, and connections. Data Science is useful across disciplines: Business, Biology, Psychology, Sociology, Environmental Studies, and even the Humanities. You will find applications for your skills no matter your field.

You’ll use statistics in real-world situations to gain insight into complex datasets, and you’ll learn how to present and discuss your results in a professional context. You will learn the programming languages Python and R, spatial analysis procedures on raster and vector data, database management, topology, model design, 3D modeling, web mapping, and project management. You can then focus your learning through higher level Computer Science or Mathematics courses and gain depth through Advanced Data Science or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) courses.

随着您的研究在数据科学顶点项目中达到顶峰，您将把您的知识和技能应用到现实世界的应用领域。与教师密切合作，您可以使用学术研究创建一个应用程序，完成一个为社区合作伙伴解决问题的项目，或在公司或非营利组织的专业实习中从事一个重要的数据驱动项目。