At Emmanuel College—located in the heart of Boston’s innovation and tech hub—the Data Science major prepares students to lead in a world defined by information.
Every click, swipe, and sensor generates data—but only those with the skills to interpret it can truly lead in today’s information-driven world. Data science is the engine behind decision-making in fields from healthcare to business to environmental sustainability. It’s how we understand patterns, predict outcomes, and solve complex problems at scale.
Why Study Data Science at Emmanuel?
At Emmanuel, data science takes you beyond algorithms and analytics to applying technical skill with purpose. Through interdisciplinary coursework in math, computer science, ethics, and statistics, students build a powerful toolkit for tackling real-world challenges. With personalized support, a built-in internship component, and the unmatched opportunity of being in the heart of Boston, you will study the science of data, but also work with it, question it, and use it to make an impact. Whether you pair it with another major or pursue it on its own, Data Science at Emmanuel prepares you for a future at the forefront of innovation.
Along with areas of knowledge and major requirements, you will cultivate essential values in the classroom and complete two courses in each area:
- Social Justice (SJ): Develop knowledge, skills, values and motivation to participate beneficially in activities of personal and public concern.
- Diversity & Multiculturalism (DM): Understand the complexity of identity the historical truths of different cultural perspectives to address bias and examine contemporary social issues.
One hundred percent of Emmanuel students complete an internship as part of the core curriculum. In a city as dynamic as Boston, your options are bound only by the limits of your curiosity.
As a Data Science major at Emmanuel, you'll complete a professional internship that puts your skills to the test—and sets you up for success after graduation. Whether you're analyzing patient outcomes at a healthcare startup, building dashboards for a marketing agency, supporting data strategy at a nonprofit, or working on predictive models at a tech company, Boston’s innovation ecosystem offers countless opportunities to get hands-on with data. You'll sharpen your technical and professional skills, explore your career interests, and build a portfolio-worthy project that makes your resume stand out.
In all majors, the Capstone Experience involves completing a significant piece of work that requires the integration and application of learning from multiple courses.
In your final semester, you’ll take on a capstone course in advanced statistics—where you’ll explore real-world data and put your skills to the test. You’ll learn how to use R (a leading tool in data science) to analyze patterns and relationships in data using methods like regression, comparison testing, and other advanced techniques. Then, you’ll choose your own dataset, conduct a full analysis, and share your findings through a professional-style paper and presentation. It’s a hands-on, high-level project that helps you prove what you’ve learned—and show the world what you can do.
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