[Advising] FW: Two new data science courses have been scheduled for Spring 2021

Hello, Please promote the two new Data Science courses below. They might be great upper division free electives for incoming transfer students for any major. Thanks for sharing with your students. Sylvia Sylvia Mansour The University of Texas at San Antonio Director Academic Advising One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 Sylvia.mansour@utsa.edu<mailto:Laura.garcia@utsa.edu> UTSA is closely monitoring the coronavirus. For more information: https://www.utsa.edu/coronavirus<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.ou... CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This email and any file transmitted with it may contain confidential information intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the delegate responsible for delivering the communication to the intended recipient, pleased be advised that you have received this communication in error and that any disclosure, copying, distribution, printing or use of this information is strictly prohibited; please notify the sender immediately of the error. [Signature block] From: Jianwei Niu <Jianwei.Niu(a)utsa.edu&gt; Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 2:28 PM To: Sylvia Mansour <Sylvia.Mansour(a)utsa.edu&gt; Cc: Karen Daas <karen.daas(a)utsa.edu&gt; Subject: Two new data science courses have been scheduled for Spring 2021 Hi Sylvia and Karen, Two new DS courses, DS 4003 Intro to Data Science and DS4013 Programming for Data Science, have been recently added to the course inventory. We have also scheduled for those two courses to be offered in Spring 2021. They are online asynchronous courses and are designed for students for all majors (in particularly for transfer students) without prior knowledge in computer programming or higher math. The courses will provide an opportunity in educating and preparing UTSA students for data science skills and expertise without changing their intended majors and to increase their participation in data science-related fields through cross-campus collaborations. Those two courses will be required courses of data science certificate pending approval. Below please find the course description for the two courses. Please feel free to share it with your advisors to help promote the two courses. DS 4003 An introduction to foundational data science knowledge and life cycle. Focus areas on data visualization, data curation, ethics, and tools available for analysis will be covered. DS 4013 An introduction to data-driven programming emphasizing problem solving and critical thinking. Topics will focus on foundational computer programming concepts and skills Best, Jianwei Jianwei Niu, PhD Interim Academic Director, School of Data Science Associate Dean of University College Professor of Computer Science University of Texas at San Antonio