Learning Goals

Completion of the M.S. in data science and quantitative economics program will:

• provide students with a background in economic theory through instruction in Macroeconomic Theory I, Microeconomic Theory I
• provide students with updated skills in math and statistics through CISC 5450 Mathematics for Data Science or ECON 5710 Math Analysis in Economics and ECON 6910 Applied Econometrics or ECON 6950 Financial Econometrics
• provide students with basic competency in handling with large data sets and techniques for organizing data via CISC 5790 Data Mining and CISC 5800 Machine Learning