Earn a Master of Information and Data Science Online
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Earn a Master of Information and Data Science Online
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#2> Now you can earn a degree in data science from anywhere in the world.
Yet they ask for a US college GPA to even get to the form? Little confused. Is that information used to determine your eligibility and why is there no "no clue" option? A GPA is a very US-centric thing.
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#3I think one is probably better off with earning a masters in statistics. This just seems like another way for Berkeley to sell another expensive degree with little supporting evidence that it will land jobs.
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#4The page has an icon that says "Hacker safe" but doesn't even use SSL when transmitting your information.
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#5> Now you can earn a degree in data science from anywhere in the world. Yet they ask for a US college GPA to even get to the form? Little confused. Is that information used to determine your eligibility and why is there no "no clue" option? A GPA is a very US-centric thing.
Maybe they just mean you can earn your credits from anywhere in the world, not that anyone in the world can apply.
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#6I wish they posted their curriculum somewhere.
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#7I have/had my eye on this one. I spoke to the admission counselor for this program. Apparently, they assign each student one counselor if you join this program. Here are some details:
- 100% online [0] (you do have to visit the campus for a week during the course)
- Total price tag: $60,000 (Yes, pretty steep)
- You can finish in 1-2 years depending on how much you can do
- You must take the GRE or GMAT. No exceptions. I asked them. You also need to apply to this like any regular MS program which means good GPA (3+ min but you must have great work experience etc)
- Here is the curriculum in case you are interested [1]
Overall, I was very interested in this due to the berkeley brand and 100% online offering. But 60K seems too steep to invest and not to mention that I have to take GRE/GMAT. After being in the industry (real world) for 10+ years, I am just not interested in any of these exams. So I am passing. Will look for cheaper options.
Forgot to mention that they are aggressively selling this. The counselor called me like 15 times (literally) before I responded.
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#8You don't seem to be getting a Berkeley degree; "datascience@berkeley’s technology service provider works with a different university to offer an online data science program that is unaffiliated with the University of California." (3rd page of the form). I wonder what that university would be.
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#9I have/had my eye on this one. I spoke to the admission counselor for this program. Apparently, they assign each student one counselor if you join this program. Here are some details: - 100% online [0] (you do have to visit the campus for a week during the course) - Total price tag: $60,000 (Yes, pretty steep) - You can finish in 1-2 years depending on how much you can do - You must take the GRE or GMAT. No exception…
Yea, I came to the same conclusions. $60K seems like a lot for any online degree. Obviously there are still people working behind the scenes, but to me a majority of the cost is covering the Berkeley brand. While that is very attractive, I wouldn't pay more than $20,000 for this program. The knowledge itself is very valuable, but attaining it should not be so costly when there are amazing free resources all over the place.
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#10I spoke with Berkeley when deciding where I was going to apply and got the sense that they plan on leaning on their more established programs to provide instruction. While this may sound great, you won't get the specific data science instruction that these curriculums require.
After an awful experience with Northwestern's online analytics program, I don't want to touch any of these programs.