The Interdisciplinary Data Science Minor is intended to offer student a path to gain real-world skills in handling and understanding data. This minor encompasses three primary areas: (1) Hacking Skills – computer science, programming skills, algorithm development, and database management; (2) Math & Statistics Knowledge – numeracy, data in context, probability distributions, sampling, and experimental design; and (3) Substantive Expertise – subject-matter knowledge in an area outside of computer science and statistics, hypothesis/question development, and research methods.