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	x remove Combined Degree: Statistics, B.S. and Data Science and Analytics, M.S.	x remove Event Sustainability Operations Undergraduate Certificate	x remove Economics, B.A., B.S.
Credits Required	141	15	120
Format	Face To Face	Hybrid	Face To Face
Location	All undergraduate students begin their academic career at Grand Valley's Allendale Campus; classes for graduate students in this major meet downtown on the Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus.	Classes for the program are a combination of online and in-seat on the Allendale Campus.	All undergraduate students begin their academic career on the Allendale Campus. Students in this major continue their upper division studies downtown on the Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus.
Coursework	Students admitted to this program will count up to 12 credits of graduate work in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the undergraduate degree, and may count towards both the B.S. and M.S. degrees. Students are encouraged to meet with their graduate program director to ensure all requirements are met. Since the master's degree in data science and analytics is a Professional Science Master's (PSM) program, four credit hours at the graduate level involve an industry internship experience.	The certificate is a total of 15 credits: ENS 201 - Introduction to Environmental and Sustainability Studies HTM 240 - Introduction to Meeting and Event Management HTM 340 - Event Sustainability HTM 360 - Corporate Social Responsibility in the Tourism Industry HTM 313 - Farm to Fork - Sustainability in Food Service Cuisine OR HTM 190 - Field Preparation AND HTM 290 - Field Experience	After applied microeconomics and business cycles and growth, the program covers many topics including: Data analytics Urban and real estate economics Environmental problems International trade Health economics Emerging markets issues Comparative economics Markets, strategy, and government Money and banking Public economics and ethics Sports economics Economics of work and family
Career Options	Students will go on to have successful careers in: Finance and insurance Knowledge storage and retrieval Marketing National security Political science and polling Public transportation and safety Science and analytics Social media analytics		Economics graduates are prepared for careers in many settings: the private business sector, non-profit work, government, consulting, health services, market analysis, environmental science, data analytics, insurance, education, finance and banking, real estate, and manufacturing, just to name a few. An economics degree also prepares students for graduate work such as law school, MBA programs, and many other graduate degrees.
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Skills Employers Want	The M.S. in Data Science and Analytics at GVSU will develop the skills you need to land the job you want. Whether the skills are advanced or general, you will build a resume of qualifications that are sure to attract employers. The following skills correlate with those pulled from actual data science job postings. SQL Programming Business Intelligence Strategic Planning Project Management Agile Software Development Dashboard Business Analytics Data Management Big Data EMSI: Source, 2022		The B.A. and B.S. in Economics at GVSU will develop the skills you need to land the job you want. Whether the skills are advanced or general, you will build a resume of qualifications that are sure to attract employers. The following skills correlate with those pulled from actual economics job postings. Economics Statistics Accounting Project Coordination Calculous Social Sciences International Relations Statistical Methods Public Speaking Source: EMSI, 2020