Consists of 13 seven-week online core courses. Online courses range from .5 to 1.5 credits, and students will have a typical course load from 2.5 to 3.5 credits during each seven-week timespan. The degree includes three 1-week sessions on Cornell University’s campuses in Ithaca, NY, or Washington, D.C., and a substantial capstone project that unfolds over the duration of the program and culminates in a final presentation. The entire program (online courses + on-campus intensive sessions + capstone project) comprises 30.5 credits. Students should expect to spend an average of 18-20 hours per week on their studies.

Online Courses

Foundation Courses:

• Communication for Data Science Executives I-IV
• Data Analytics and Regression for Executives
• Data Programming and Management for Executives
• Data Science and AI Modeling for Executives I-III
• Data Science and AI Policy Colloquium I-IV
• Data Visualization for Executives I & II
• Ethics of Data Science and AI for Executives I-III
• Negotiation Skills for Executives
• Managing and Leading Organizations I & II
• Microeconomics for Executives I & II
• Political Analysis and Policy Process for Executives
• Statistics for Public Policy for Executives
• Unstructured Data Science Modeling for Executives I & II

Capstone Courses:

Capstone project courses for the Executive MS-DSP degree will be spread throughout each semester and will include the following.

• Data Science Capstone Project I-VII

On-Campus Courses

During the three 1-week sessions on Cornell’s campuses in Ithaca, NY, or Washington, D.C., students meet their cohort and professors in person.

The final dates and locations for the residential intensives are currently being scheduled. 

Summer Residency Week One:

• Microeconomics for Public Affairs Executives
• Communications for Data Science
• Data Science and AI Modeling for Executives

Winter/Spring Residency Week Two:

• Communications for Data Science
• Ethics of Data Science and AI

Late Spring Residency Week Three:

• Communications for Data Science
• Data Science and AI Colloquium 
• Capstone

Elective

Tailor your program by choosing one elective that is relevant to your data science and public policy academic goals and industry.

Course Sequence

• You will take your core courses in a prescribed sequence, together with your cohort.

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