• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

在这里学什么？

Expand your professional horizons with a degree that combines the strengths of two top-ranked schools in public policy and engineering.

Informatics and big data are increasingly essential to policy development throughout the public and private sectors. Knowledge of both can lead to ever-expanding career opportunities. Bolster your decision-making role in government agencies and the corporate realm with the USC Price School of Public Policy and USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Master of Science in Public Policy Data Science.

The program builds unique, in-demand proficiencies and the necessary expertise for leveraging big data and analytics to:

• Increase transparency and accountability
• Improve the efficiency and quality of services
• Enhance security and address matters of defense and intelligence
• Oversee emergency management
• Influence policy and the policy-making process broadly

The MS in Public Policy Data Science prepares you for success in:

• Addressing the institutional and legal challenges associated with collecting, combining, and analyzing big data from disparate sources to inform and guide policymaking
• Combining tools from informatics, such as machine learning and data mining, with public policy and project evaluation methods, that include statistics and econometrics
• Applying informatics principles - including mining and visualization of large datasets - to help craft better public policies
• Persuading decision-makers by knowing how to use relevant data to make good recommendations
• Understanding markets and using effectively informatics to develop appropriate strategies for public investment in everything from transportation to renewable energy

In addition to core courses that bridge informatics and public policy, the program offers electives enabling you to focus on your professional interests. It also offers paths for students with and without prior training in computer science.

Sample courses include:

• Economics for Public Policy
• Foundations of Public Policy Analysis
• Multivariate Statistical Analysis
• Applied Econometrics for Program Evaluation
• Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
• Overview of Data Informatics in Large Data Environments
• User Experience Design and Strategy

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ USC Viterbi School of Engineering

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Applicants must have a Bachelor degree earned at an institution recognized by the Ministry of Education. English language requirement: TOEFL: 90 or above, with 20 or above in each section; IELTS: 6.5 or above, with 6 or above on each band.

课程信息

学制：全日制(A MINIMUM OF 36 UNITS)

学费：

开学时间：预计在八月 2022

申请截止日期：

留学地点：University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity Park Campus,LOS ANGELES,California,90089, United States