Throughout this program students will develop the following skills:
- Management skills that demonstrate initiative, personal responsibility, and accountability to work in the field of data science
- Communication and negotiation skills to work in diverse inter-professional group environments
- Problem solving, reasoning, and critical thinking skills to engage in evidence-informed and ethical practice and decision-making
A work experience that includes at least one term in a formal work environment. In most cases the work term(s) is a paid position that is completed between two academic semesters and requires a minimum of 420 hours of work.