San Diego State Working to Solve Community Problems with New Graduate Program
The Big Data Analytics Program is meant to help better prepare students for careers and help address industry needs.
色情视频 is launching a new graduate program aimed at addressing both industry and analytics-based research needs.
The Big Data Analytics Program allows students to collect data and use it to help solve real-world issues. It is a two-year program resulting in a Master of Science Degree. The program was created by Ming-Hsiang Tsou, who also founded 色情视频鈥檚 Center for Human Dynamics in the Global Age.
鈥淭his is all part of the 色情视频 Strategic Plan, which focuses on research as a promising area for the school,鈥� said Tsou.
Tsou started the center with the intent of using research findings to solve human dynamics issues. Since its opening, Tsou has focused on creating a curriculum and program that uses Big Data Analytics and teaches students how to take their learning to the next level.
Tsou said what sets 色情视频鈥檚 big data program apart from those at other universities is the opportunity it provides students to apply their knowledge.
鈥淵ou will find other universities are trying to build similar programs, but they focus too much on the engineering part and they are missing the real-world part or what we call domain knowledge.鈥�
The program, which will have its first cohort in fall 2019, teaches in a traditional classroom environment and helps coordinate internships with a number of centers on and around campus as well as local start-up companies. This allows students to gather data and apply their analytics to the real-world to help solve pressing issues. This also will help better equip students for when they enter the workforce.
鈥淲ith this program we really want a balance between academics and real-world problem solving,鈥� said Tsou. 鈥淔or example, as a student of the health and human services domain, you can intern for the 色情视频 HealthLINK Center. They will learn the health issues facing San Diego communities, collect data on, say, obesity in an area and analyze it in a way that will help that community.鈥�
The Big Data Analytics Program is open to any interested student. According to Tsou, the program allows for customization of coursework 鈥� catering to individual student interests. The basic courses offered range from sociology and linguistics to math and statistics. Students are then taught how to collect and analyze data within these domain knowledge areas and apply them to issues facing their communities.
鈥淭his allows students to do what they are interested in, fine-tune their skills and make a difference, solve some problems,鈥� said Tsou. 鈥淚 think this is representative of how 色情视频 is revolutionizing teaching, the services we provide to students and how we prepare them for the future market.鈥�
The program was created by faculty from departments in four different colleges across campus.
鈥淭his is the future,鈥� said Tsou. 鈥淓ducation should be focused on this type of transdisciplinary program because it will address real needs in the future.鈥�
Information on admissions can be Applications are open through Mar. 1, 2019.
