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by CobaltFire 1147 days ago
Note that this is the recommendations for applying for Undergrad, not their classes or program offerings.

Those two institutions are recommending more foundational (calculus) rather than applied courses (data science).

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They continue to recommend statistics. They removed data science from a sentence that also included calculus and statistics.
> They continue to recommend statistics. They removed data science from a sentence that also included calculus and statistics.

I knew a professor from a math department from a top European university who taught data science courses who swore that data science and data mining were just marketing terms invented to sell statistics.

Thanks, reread that. I’ve corrected it but wanted to post to make sure your comment kept context.