From Xconomy
UC Berkeley Pioneers an Online Master’s Degree in Data Science
By Bernadette Tansey
Applications are streaming into UC Berkeley’s School of Information from hopeful students across the globe who are yearning to get that coveted letter telling them they got in—so now they can stay home.
Berkeley’s “I School” has created its second masters degree program, the Master of Information and Data Science. But unlike its older Master of Information Management and Systems program,this one will be conducted almost fully online. The curriculum was designed to train experts who can help mainstream organizations—like hospitals, retailers, and local governments—to use the vast seas of data available to them to improve their products or services....