Academic Program Proposal

Date Proposal Activated	Institution and Proposal	Degree Awarded	Academic Program Name	Objection Deadline	MHEC Final Action	Final Decision Date
	Anne Arundel Community College Proposal	Associate of Science (A.S.)	Computer Science Transfer - Data Science	10/6/2023	Approved	10/24/2023
Computer Science Transfer - Data Science Program Description
The Data Science Degree program will focus on: acquiring data from different sources; data cleansing; data storage and querying; and data presentation. All data sets that are used in the program will be freely available to the students. Students will be allowed to choose data sets that are of interest to them. This degree program is designed for students preparing to transfer to a four-year institution to obtain a baccalaureate degree in Data Science. Students can move into specialized fields of big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or data analytics.