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Questions tagged [education]

education tag is used for data science programs including university programs and professional certificates.

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What do you think of Data Science certifications?

I've now seen two data science certification programs - the John Hopkins one available at Coursera and the Cloudera one. I'm sure there are others out there. The John Hopkins set of classes is focused on R as a toolset, but covers a range of…
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Qualifications for PhD Programs

Yann LeCun mentioned in his AMA that he considers having a PhD very important in order to get a job at a top company. I have a masters in statistics and my undergrad was in economics and applied math, but I am now looking into ML PhD programs. Most…
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What undergraduate degree should I take to get into data science?

I'm going to do an undergraduate degree next year. Data Science major is there but I was wondering if a statistics major with a minor in data science would be more valuable? Which degree would be more in demand? I am also planning on doing as many…
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How can I get students to stick with data science?

I am a chief data scientist at one of the largest corporations in the world. I am constantly approached by employees to teach them more about data science and help them on their learning path. The problem is that no one really seems to stick with it…
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Help on designing data science curriculum from "traditional" offerings

So I'm hoping to ask professionals for their advice here. My university doesn't offer a "data science" major and I'm cobbling one together from different departments. So far I have a math major with stat emphasis but I'm having trouble finding…
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How deep should ones linear algebra knowledge be before starting data science?

How important is linear algebra to being a data scientist? Are we talking college postgraduate level?
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What are the top schools for online part-time Masters in data science/analytics programs? Is it much better to do the program in person?

I am looking to get my Masters in Science in Data Science or Analytics. I will continue working during the program so it needs to be part-time. I would prefer to do an online course, but if in-person is much better, I could be open to it. So far, I…
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Can an applied mathematics degree get you into data science?

I was looking at a statistics course (undergraduate degree), and I thought I probably would find doing only statistics a bit dry, and I thought about if doing an Applied Mathematics major (I am better with applied math than purely statistics,…
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