Mount Allison University is a distinguished undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. With a history dating back to 1839, it is one of the oldest universities in Canada. Mount Allison offers a wide range of programs across various disciplines, including humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, fine arts, and commerce. The university is renowned for its small class sizes, close-knit community, and exceptional teaching quality. Students benefit from a personalized and supportive learning environment that fosters critical thinking, creativity, and intellectual curiosity. Mount Allison University is known for its strong emphasis on undergraduate research opportunities, experiential learning, and a holistic approach to education. The beautiful campus and vibrant campus life provide students with a rich and engaging university experience.

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Data Science is the emerging interdisciplinary study and application of how we capture, organize, archive, access, and use large-scale data. Data Science is a burgeoning field at the intersection of mathematics, statistics, computer coding, and critical thinking. It aims to draw insights from large databases available in the modern era through various processing techniques, statistical analysis, mathematical modelling, and data visualization. Show less

At Mount Allison, students in the Data Science program will learn concepts and practices for effective management, distribution, and presentation of data, enabling them to successfully engage with the scope and scale of data resources.
The program is designed to engage and serve the interests of a wide range of students with emphasis on interdisciplinary opportunities and challenges of data science, including ethics and privacy.

Skills in data science are highly transferable across many areas of practice and professions, from physics to health care to social policy.

Course areas in data science include:
linear algebra
econometrics
statistics
data analysis
advanced design and statistical analysis
data visualization and communication
data acquisition and organization
experiential data science
Program options:
A certificate in Data Management (12 credits)

Covers the theory, ethics, and practice of managing and presenting data resources. The certificate will empower students with tools to advance their work in their own discipline, and to progress to graduate or professional practice.

A certificate in Data Analytics (18 credits)
Covers conceptual approaches to analyses of large-scale data, which presents both challenges and opportunities.

A minor in Data Science (24 credits)
Combines both certificates, along with advanced statistics.

Featured courses
MATH 1311 — Introduction to Data Science
DATA 3001 — Data Visualization and Communication
DATA 3101 — Data Acquisition and Organization
DATA 4001 — Advanced Experiential Data Science
GENS 2431 — Data Analysis
ECON 2701 — Introduction to Econometrics
COMP 1631 — Introduction to Computer Science
MATH 2321 — Statistics II

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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