Economics and Data Science (MS)

The Master of Science in Economics and Data Science combines core economic theory and econometric methods with foundational instruction in computing skills for data science, including distributed data systems, machine learning and large-scale data processing. Course work is equally weighted between the Department of Economics in USC Dornsife and the Data Science Program at USC Viterbi. The program trains students to apply modern empirical techniques and to exploit available large data sets to carry out sophisticated economic analyses of relevance to the public, private and nonprofit sectors. At the same time, the program provides budding data scientists with the analytical power of economics to structure empirical projects. As a result, graduates of the program are equipped to participate in a wide range of professional careers.

The program requires a minimum of 32 units.