Data Science

Data science is a growing discipline aimed at equipping our students to enter a modern workforce that is increasingly data-driven. Converse’s data science minor prepares students to succeed in both the job market and graduate studies. From their first introductory course, students begin gaining skills in visualizing and analyzing data in programs such as Excel, Google Sheets, Tableau, R, and Python. Converse’s low student-to-faculty ratio allows for plenty of one-on-one faculty attention as students build their knowledge base.

Our introductory courses meet in the new Bank of America Data Analytics Learning Laboratory, which emphasizes a dynamic learning environment. Students will be actively engaged in labs and group projects in the classroom. This collaborative environment also fosters effective communication and presentation skills.

Bank of America Data Analytics Learning Laboratory: Converse’s Bank of America Data Analytics Learning Laboratory encourages classroom participation and active problem solving. The lab includes interactive platforms allowing students to share their work in real time with the instructor and fellow students. This dynamic learning environment encourages active learning, student involvement and collaboration in the education process.

Data Consulting: Dr. Sorrells’ Quantitative Consulting class spent a semester working on industry-relevant problems from a partnering company, Bank of America, and were tasked with designing creative quantitative approaches to cybersecurity problems involving large sets of data.

This minor consists of core classes covering the fundamentals of gathering, cleaning, processing, analyzing, and inferring meaning from data sets. Students can complete the minor by taking data-driven courses that pair well with their major and career aspirations. Applications to business and science are emphasized, but the minor is useful to nearly any major.

Sample Courses

• Data Science I (MTH 117)
• Data Science II (MTH 118)
• Decision Analytics (ECN 304)
• Data for Business (CSC 208)

View the Data Science Minor requirements.

Course Offerings & Academic Catalogs

What are common careers in Data Science?

• Data Analyst
• Business Intelligence Analyst
• Strategy Analyst
• Healthcare Data Analyst
• Consultant
• Applications Architect
• Data Engineer
• Enterprise Architect
• Information Officer
• Database Manager
• Data Mining Analyst
• Data Visualization Developer