Data Science 8

The UC Berkeley data science minor, under the Division of Data Science and Information, was approved by the College of Letters and Science on Sept. 25, the College of Natural Resources on Oct. 1 and the College of Chemistry on Thursday.

Data 8X, the course’s online equivalent, is free to audit, but students must pay in order to take exams and receive a certificate. This certification, however, will likely not transfer as academic credit or satisfy the data science major requirement, according to Cathryn Carson, the faculty lead of the Data Science Education Program.

David Culler, a campus electrical engineering and computer sciences professor, has been appointed the interim dean for the newly created Division of Data Science, according to a campus press release.