This
program brings together two main areas of computing, Data Science &
Artificial Intelligence in an integrative fashion. Data Science &
Artificial Intelligence are two integrated fields of smart systems, whereby the
Data Science focuses on statistical techniques and the Artificial Intelligence
concentrates on smart algorithms.
The
Data Science & the Artificial Intelligence jobs are among the most
attractive jobs in the twenty-first century. There is an urgent need to fill
the shortfall in order to achieve success for the work of institutions in all
economic, health, educational, cultural and other sectors. This need was
manifested in the urgent need to exploit big data of all kinds in light of the
fourth industrial revolution. It is worth mentioning that the jobs of Data and
Artificial Intelligence Sciences are among the best paid jobs in the IT sector
locally, regionally and globally.
The
Program of the Data Science & the Artificial Intelligence qualifies
students and provides them with general skills in the computer world, data
science skills, and smart analytics skills that are widely applicable in
different fields to work in various jobs. These diverse jobs include working in
the technology, communications, the pharmaceutical industries and the financial
services sectors, specially the fields of e-commerce, commercial and industrial
consulting, processes research, marketing, and scientific research. The student
may also pursue his/her studies to obtain the M.A and PhD degrees in related
specializations. In addition to this, there is a need for the Data Science
specialists to work in mathematical and political analyses and the data
analysis of platforms and social media. This can be done by developing and
building algorithms and models for data analysis and extracting knowledge from
them to interpret the past and the present and predict the future.
The
student is granted a Bachelor’s degree in Data Science & Artificial
Intelligence after completing 132 credit hours of compulsory and optional.