Bachelor of Arts - Data Science

Albion College’s new major in data science innovatively combines a formal degree program in a high-demand field with the timeless liberal arts core curriculum that continues to carry particularly high value among employers across all sectors.

Through 13 units of coursework combining mathematics, computer science and statistics, Albion College students graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Data Science will be sought-after candidates for positions in a wide range of fields. The quantitative analyses and information visualizations regularly provided by data scientists in those fields lead to strategies, responses and other actions that tackle real-life problems such as climate change, economic inequality and social injustice, to name just a few examples.

Faculty will encourage data science majors to add a minor from another academic department to their overall program, both to maximize their liberal arts educational experience and to attract even more interest from top employers seeing evidence of a specialty & area of expertise.