UC Berkeley offers new online data science master’s degree
By Madeleine Pauker and Sarah Rockwood
UC Berkeley’s School of Information has wrapped up the first semester of its online master’s degree program.
The course, which finished its first semester about a month ago, provides a master’s degree in information and data science over the course of 18 to 20 months, for a total cost of $60,000. The School of Information is partnered with 2U, an educational technology company which provides the platform for the course....
Judd Heckman, who has a bachelor’s degree in computer science, decided to enroll in the program while working full time in order to move his career toward data analysis.
Many of his classmates chose the program over similar courses because of the personal interaction that it provides, Heckman said. In addition to live online classes and study groups, the course includes three to five days of lectures, workshops and networking on campus....