The Advanced Certificate in Data Science comprises 4 courses: Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Data Mining, and Big Data Analytics. The certificate will help prepare students for careers that require data science skills. The program is open to both those enrolled in Graduate Center master’s and doctoral student programs and others who are not enrolled at the Graduate Center.

Admission to the Advanced Certificate in Data Science requires a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science, Computer Information System, or related fields, a minimum of 3.0 GPA, resume, statement of interest (max 750 words), and two appropriate letters of recommendation. Exceptions will be considered by the program’s Admissions Committee for those applicants with an undergraduate major in one of the fields cognate to computer science or with extensive experience in the field. Specifically, entering students are expected to have a background (minimally, at an undergraduate level) in the following areas: Operating Systems; Fundamental Algorithms; Object-Oriented Programming (e.g., C++ or Java); Databases; Discrete Mathematics; Computer Networks; Theoretical Computer Science (Logic, Models of Computation, Analysis of Algorithms); Programming Languages; and Probability. Students who are admitted with deficiencies in their background will be recommended for bridge courses before officially taking the courses in this program.

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