Data Science
Data Science focuses on planning for acquisition, management, analysis of, and inference from data. Government and industry alike are experiencing a massive growth in the volume, velocity, and variety of available data. As a result, a competitive advantage is available to those with Data Science knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Military leaders with Data Science education and training will be critical to winning the wars of the future. The 2018 National Defense Strategy identified advanced computing, “big-data” analytics and artificial intelligence as new technologies changing the character of war. All of these technologies and more are incorporated into the Data Science major. Graduates of the Data Science program will be armed with the expertise necessary to transform data into actionable insight for faster and more effective decision making. As stated by the former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen David Goldfein, “It’s not enough to have more data than our adversaries. It’s how we understand the information and use it at the speed of relevance that matters.”
Data Science is an interdisciplinary major led by the Departments of Computer and Cyber Sciences and Mathematical Sciences, with support from the Departments of Management and Philosophy. The curriculum has a heavy emphasis on programming and applied statistics, but also offers students an opportunity to select a focus track in which they apply skills learned in the major to another discipline. The major includes ample opportunity for student research in partnership with organizations in both government and industry.
Potential Job Assignments
Within the Air Force
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Outside the Air Force
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SAMPLE COURSES
- Artificial Intelligence
- Applied Statistical Modeling
- Business Data Analytics
- Data Ethics
SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE
4-DEGREE (FRESHMAN) | 3-DEGREE (SOPHOMORE) | 2-DEGREE (JUNIOR) | FIRSTIE (SENIOR) |
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Beh Sci 110 Chem 100 Comp Sci 110 English 111 For Lang 1 For Lang 2 History 100 Math 141 Math 142 Physics 110 |
Comp Sci 210 Comp Sci 220 Econ 201 English 211 Math 344 Mech Engr 220 Mgt 391 MSS 251 P/C/B Opt 1 P/C/B Opt 2 Pol Sci 220 |
Adv Socio Option Astro Engr 310 Comp Sci 364 Data Sci Opt 1 Data Sci Opt 2 Focus Track 1 Focus Track 2 Law 220 Math 377 Math 378 Philos 310 |
Adv Open Option Aero Engr 315 Comp Sci 471 Data Sci Opt 3 Data Sci 421 Data Sci 422 ECE 315 History 300 Philos 320 Soc Sci 311 |
CONTACT US
Dr. Brianna Hitt
Advisor-in-Charge
brianna.hitt@afacademy.af.edu
Dr. Gerry Gonzalez
Advisor-in-Charge
gerry.gonzalez@afacademy.af.edu