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Integrated Digital and Data Sciences
Mark Sherman, Ph.D. Director
The Interdisciplinary Digital & Data Sciences (IDDS) offerings are a comprehensive approach for academic and co-curricular approaches to digital citizenship, data analytics, and computer science. By partnering with both academic departments as well as campus centers (e.g. Library Learning Commons, Campus Ministry), Emmanuel students have access to the tools, training, and academic foundation that is becoming instrumental to future career success. The mission of IDDS is to bring the power of computing into the liberal arts environment, and empower students to understand, analyze, and affect change in our digitally-managed world.
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EC INNOVATION QUEST
Emmanuel College Innovation Quest, is a challenge designed for incoming new students, to learn how to leverage technology for the greater good and work with experts to use those skills to help social justice issues.
In this yearlong elective voyage, students will work in teams to leverage technological or innovative tools such as those available in Emmanuel’s Discovery Lab to solve a social justice problem. Along the way, they’ll network and engage with mentors while developing in-demand skills.
MINOR IN DATA ANALYTICS
Data Analytics is a set of skills focused on generating useful insights from data. Analytical practices have already been integrated in biology, chemistry, business, economics, psychology, education, and more. This minor teaches data collection and analysis, programming, machine learning, sociological considerations, and effective communication. These skills and this background foster each student to become a well-rounded, responsible, and sought-after data scientist in their field.
Requirements for Minor:
1. IDDS1000 Digital Citizenship (SI) (SS) 2. IDDS1101 Introduction to Programming (QA) (QR) 3. IDDS2201 Data Analytics 4. IDDS2132 Practical Machine Learning 5. ART2132 Data Visualization (AI-A) (VCI)
6. Choose one elective:
BIOL3151 Exercise Physiology CHEM2104 Analytical Chemistry COMM2515 Research Methods for Communication & Media COMM3708 Digital Culture and Social Media Promotion MKTG3110 Marketing Research PHIL1116 Ethics in Science (M) (ER) PSYCH2802 Methods & Statistics II (QA) SOC2103 Qualitative Methods SOC2104 Quantitative Methods (QR) SOC4998 Community Action Research
