Capstone Internship in Data Science

This course will provide students the opportunity to undertake an internship related to their area of study in the MS Program in Data Science. The student will work on a practical project that requires the application of the modeling and programming skills acquired in the Data Science program. Students are required to submit an application and documentation about the internship to the program before they are approved to take the internship course. The Director of the rogram will consult with a representative of the organization in which the internship will be located to assess the relevance of the tasks to be carried out prior to any approvalStudents will devote approximately 140 hours (10 hours a week times 14 weeks) to this internship. A designated faculty member will oversee the course and will meet regularly with students to monitor their progress. Students will keep a weekly online report of their activities and will prepare a final report documenting their work.