From VentureBeat
Aspiring data scientists jump into UC Berkeley’s new online master’s program
By Jordan Novet
In a few hours, the University of California, Berkeley, will set off on its latest experiment in online education: a new master’s degree in information and data science.
Today 27 students begin their first classes in the multi-course data science program, AnnaLee Saxenian, dean of the university’s School of Information, said in an interview with VentureBeat.
The students will study statistics, data storage, and machine learning before moving onto more advanced subjects, including the ethics of working with data. Students are required to go through an immersion program on the Berkeley campus for four or five days, and after that, they will go through the coursework exclusively on the internet....
“It’s very exciting to be pioneering a new type of education,” Saxenian said.