Dec 04, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Data Science, M.P.S.


The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Data Science program prepares students from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds for careers in data science. In the core courses, students get a fundamental understanding of data science through classes that highlight machine learning, data analysis and data management. The core courses also introduce students to ethical and legal implications surrounding data science. Beyond the core courses, students take three courses in domain specific pathways developed in collaboration with academic departments across the university.  Through these pathways, students utilize the skills and techniques they learned in the core courses within their own field or area of expertise.

Pathways (select one pathway)


Aging Studies (Main Campus and Shady Grove)


In collaboration with the UMBC Erickson School of Aging

Bioinformatics (Shady Grove)


In partnership with Foundation for Advanced Education Services (FAES) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Students can transfer in coursework from FAES at NIH to serve as a nine-credit Bioinformatics pathway within the MPS. See more at professional.umbc.edu/faes.

Project Management (Main Campus and Shady Grove)


In collaboration with the College of Engineering and Information Technology