Data Science
Why Study Data Science?
Impact
Have a direct impact on your community and solve real-world problems
Research
Strengthen your research skills and enhance work from any major
Creativity
Create new tools and use innovative modeling to tell a story
High Demand
Data Science will see continued growth across all industries
Diversity
Bring diverse perspectives to how algorithms are built
Communication
Data helps you communicate in tech and non-tech fields
Data Science Offered at Skyline College
MATH 211: Introduction to Data Science
- CSU transferrable & UC Articulation IGETC Approved
- Based on a popular UC Berkeley Course called DATA 8
- A friendly introduction to coding in Python - no experience required
COMP 122: Introduction to Computer Programming: Python
- UC and CSU transferrable
- Designed to teach computer programming to Computer Science majors and non-majors
- Introduction to Python Programming in interesting, relevant, and practical contexts
DataPath to CSU East Bay
- Skyline now offers a Data Science Transfer pathway to CSU East Bay (no calculus required)
- Earn a BS in Statistics with a Concentration in Data Science
- Take any transfer level math class (such as MATH 200), MATH 211, COMP 122 & fulfill the CSU GE requirements to qualify for transfer