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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The College is putting together a Data Science Major and they asked for a list of classes that can contribute to the major. Take a look at the list below and let me know the classes
you teach that may fit with which one of these core <span>competencies. Please send this to me before September 1st to make the course list. </span>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are at the beginning stages of creating a proposal for a data science major. Many of you have courses in your units that would be relevant for inclusion in the data science curriculum.
The degree program will be built around nine core competencies: </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(1) mathematical foundations
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(2) computational foundations</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(3) statistical foundations</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(4) data management & curation</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(5) data modeling & assessment</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(6) workflow & reproducibility</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(7) communication & teamwork</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(8) knowledge transference</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(9) ethical problem solving</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Please see the attached document for more information about each competency area.)</span></p>
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