📖Introduction

Mount Allison University is a distinguished undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. With a history dating back to 1839, it is one of the oldest universities in Canada. Mount Allison offers a wide range of programs across various disciplines, including humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, fine arts, and commerce. The university is renowned for its small class sizes, close-knit community, and exceptional teaching quality. Students benefit from a personalized and supportive learning environment that fosters critical thinking, creativity, and intellectual curiosity. Mount Allison University is known for its strong emphasis on undergraduate research opportunities, experiential learning, and a holistic approach to education. The beautiful campus and vibrant campus life provide students with a rich and engaging university experience.

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📚About the Program

Data Science is the emerging interdisciplinary study and application of how we capture, organize, archive, access, and use large-scale data. Data Science is a burgeoning field at the intersection of mathematics, statistics, computer coding, and critical thinking. It aims to draw insights from large databases available in the modern era through various processing techniques, statistical analysis, mathematical modelling, and data visualization. Show less
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📖Program Curriculum

At Mount Allison, students in the Data Science program will learn concepts and practices for effective management, distribution, and presentation of data, enabling them to successfully engage with the scope and scale of data resources.
The program is designed to engage and serve the interests of a wide range of students with emphasis on interdisciplinary opportunities and challenges of data science, including ethics and privacy.

Skills in data science are highly transferable across many areas of practice and professions, from physics to health care to social policy.

Course areas in data science include:
linear algebra
econometrics
statistics
data analysis
advanced design and statistical analysis
data visualization and communication
data acquisition and organization
experiential data science
Program options:
A certificate in Data Management (12 credits)

Covers the theory, ethics, and practice of managing and presenting data resources. The certificate will empower students with tools to advance their work in their own discipline, and to progress to graduate or professional practice.

A certificate in Data Analytics (18 credits)
Covers conceptual approaches to analyses of large-scale data, which presents both challenges and opportunities.

A minor in Data Science (24 credits)
Combines both certificates, along with advanced statistics.

Featured courses
MATH 1311 — Introduction to Data Science
DATA 3001 — Data Visualization and Communication
DATA 3101 — Data Acquisition and Organization
DATA 4001 — Advanced Experiential Data Science
GENS 2431 — Data Analysis
ECON 2701 — Introduction to Econometrics
COMP 1631 — Introduction to Computer Science
MATH 2321 — Statistics II

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🏫About Mount Allison University

Mount Allison University is a prestigious undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Founded in 1839, it is one of the oldest and most respected universities in Canada. The university offers a diverse range of programs in humanities, sciences, social sciences, fine arts, and commerce, with a strong emphasis on undergraduate education. With its small class sizes and a student-to-faculty ratio of 16:1, Mount Allison provides a personalized and engaging learning environment that fosters intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and academic excellence. The university is renowned for its strong commitment to undergraduate research, experiential learning opportunities, and a vibrant campus community. Mount Allison University is dedicated to providing students with a well-rounded education that prepares them for successful careers and enables them to make meaningful contributions to their communities and the world.

🏠 Accommodation

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:
  • Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

285 RMB

Tuition fee:

20,210 CAD per year

20,210 CAD in total

Insurance is 785 CAD.

❓✅❌ Entry Requirements

You are not eligible to apply to this program because:

The minimum age is 18.

English fluency is required.
You need to be either:
- A native English speaker
- Studied a degree in English before
- Can demonstrate a high level of English
- Having an English certificate such as IELTS level 6 or TOEFL 95 and above is an advantage.

Minimum education level: High School.

The program is competitive, you need to have a high grades of Average A, 70%, or a high GPA.

All students from all countries are eligible to apply to this program.

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📬 Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a University

Application step 1

Application step 2

Application step 3

Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Passport
  • Graduation certificate
  • Passport size photo

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to Global Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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