this is an interdisciplinary master of science program offered jointly by the department of statistics (coas) and the department of computer science (ceas), housed in the department of statistics. data science is today one of the most rapidly developing disciplines and data scientists are in high demand in the job market. students in this program would develop a skill set that will allow them to take on current and future complex data challenges. graduates will be able to store and access data from a variety of sources (also heterogeneous), process big data architecture, apply analytic techniques and algorithms (including statistical and data mining) to large, complex data sets, apply relevant environments for data processing and visualization, work in collaborative teams and communicate effectively.