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Program Review

Degrees & Programs Data Analytics

Learn how to apply mathematical techniques and understanding to large sets of data to help make decisions in a wide range of industries and organizations.

Professors in the mathematics, computer science, and economics and business departments collaborated in creating this interdisciplinary major in the context of a liberal arts program to provide a more humanistic perspective. Your study begins with a foundation in calculus, statistics, research and forecasting, microeconomics or accounting, computational problems, and concrete systems, and then moves into classes on database design, machine learning, management science and game theory. Employers increasingly seek graduates with expertise in data analytics. Read an interview with Professor Don Patterson on quanthub about Westmont's distinctive data analytics major.

Sample Schedule

First Year
Fall (13)
  • CS 010
  • MA 009
  • Common Contexts GE
  • PEA
Spring (16)
  • CS 030
  • EB 010
  • MA 010
  • Common Contexts GE
Second Year
Fall (17)
  • MA 005
  • Common Contexts GE
  • Common Inquiries GE
  • Language
  • PEA
Spring (17)
  • EB 020
  • Common Contexts GE
  • Common Inquiries GE
  • Elective
  • PEA
Third Year
Fall (17)
  • EB 138
  • Common Contexts GE
  • Common Inquiries GE
  • Elective
  • PEA
Spring (16)
  • EB 115
  • CS 116
  • CS 125
  • Elective
Fourth Year
Fall (16)
  • CS 128
  • Common Inquiries GE
  • Serving Society/Communicating Cross-Culturally GE
  • Elective
Spring (16)
  • CS 195
  • MA 130
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • First Year
  • Second Year
  • Third Year
  • Fourth Year

Faculty Highlights

Enrico Manlapig, Ph.D.

He has studied the economics of speed dating

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Donald Patterson, Ph.D.

Obtained a patent for a device evaluating infant movement in a NICU

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David J. Hunter, Ph.D.

R fanatic who likes mathematically interesting data

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Anna Aboud, Ph.D.

Specializes in algorithms

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Russell W. Howell, Ph.D.

Views mathematics through the eyes of faith

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MARYKE (MARIA) VAN DER WALT, PH.D.

A mathematician and musician interested in data science

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