March 4, 2021
More data is available now compared to any other time in human history and data touches nearly every aspect of our society. IBM estimates that people create 2.5 million terabytes of data each day – that would fill more than 135,000 of the largest hard drives available – and only a fraction of that data is analyzed and used.
The College of Human Ecology is working to address this knowledge gap with its Data Science and Programming Curriculum Initiative, an effort launched in 2019 to teach Human Ecology students how to use data and technology in their respective disciplines. To date, the initiative includes three classes that teach programming and data application in apparel design, molecular nutrition and public policy.