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All students in the Data Science, Applied Mathematics, and Computer Science MS programs are required to complete a Masters Thesis.
Spring 2024 – Thesis Information – Slides
This Thesis is typically completed in your last semester before graduation.
A Master’s level thesis project in Data Science can take on many different shapes, and students are encouraged to begin discussing their ideas with potential thesis advisors and readers as soon as possible in order to mold their project ideas into a suitable thesis.
Thesis projects may be characterized as (but are not limited to) any of the following:
The key commonality among all Master’s theses is that students must demonstrate the value of their project’s outcomes. The thesis must contribute useful knowledge to the Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or Computer Science community or a particular domain/industry. While the deliverable of a project may be a technique/tool to solve specific or general categories of problems, projects may also produce visualizations, dashboards, or meta-analyses that expand upon and synthesize existing literature and data to build on knowledge within the field and/or explore ethical implications of data.
The project’s scope must be realistic, to fit within the constraints of a 15-week semester – while also substantial enough to warrant an entire semester of work.
A necessary component of any thesis is some degree of risk. When proposing a project, the student advisor will explore what aspects of the project may prove more difficult than expected.
The evaluation of your thesis centers around the process in which you went about completing your project – not solely on the outcome/deliverable. Your thesis committee will work with you throughout the project to guide you through the expected challenges you encounter – which is why constant communication with your thesis committee is so crucial to your success.
A thesis proposal must clearly articulate the following aspects of your plan:
The Microsoft Word document below is a good starting point for your Thesis document itself. It’s a template, with helpful formatting guidelines. Your thesis document should conform as closely as possible to this, so it is consistent with documents submitted in the past.
Please consult the Thesis Handbook for your specific discipline (Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or Computer Science) for more information about additional requirements pertaining to your thesis.
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