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Among the graduate degree laysia and Thailand. Data science
programs preferred by the Univer- analytics graduates will become
sity were Doctor of Philosophy in the future high-paying Overseas
Forestry, Entomology, Computer Filipino Workers (OFWs).
Science, Molecular Biology, Devel- Responding to Region 02
opment Communication, Veteri- Statistics Committee Resolution
nary Medicine, and Agricultural No. 4 Series of 2020- “Encouraging
Economics. all State Universities and Colleges,
The off-campus graduate Higher Education Institutions
degree program of UPLB will be and other Academic Institutions
utilizing flexible-remote learning in Cagayan Valley Region to offer
modalities. In addition, the study Bachelor of Science in Statistics
provides opportunity on present- Program”- the College of Com-
ing and publishing their theses puting Studies, Communication
and dissertations in international and Information Technology of
peer-reviewed conferences and ISU-Echague Main Campus, pro-
journals, respectively. posed to offer Bachelor of Science
If the partnership between the in Data Science Analytics (BS Data
two Universities will be successful, Science Analytics).
ISU President Dr. Ricmar Aquino The program aims to produce
will try to expand the collabora- professionals who shall participate
tion to include other State Univer- in different stages of the research
sities and Colleges (SUCs) in the process (design, data collection,
region as well as the Cordillera data aggregation, analysis, inter-
Administrative Region to meet the pretation and communication of
required number of enrollees in results). The program shall pro-
the programs. vide appropriate, timely, and ad-
vanced education and training to
Mainstreaming of Data Science students and prepare them to the
With the emergence of mod- current qualification requirements
ern-day computing techniques of the professional data science
where data became pivotal in analyst.
decision-making and policy devel-
opment, ISU moved to introduce Launching of Medical School
data science to its learners. The emergence of CoViD-19
This also came along with the pandemic has exposed the dearth
University’s mission in producing of medical practitioners in the
competent human workforce con- country, let alone the unfortunate
sisting of future data science ana- ratio of health respondents to the
lysts. This ardent goal is even in- growing population especially in
tensified with the increasing trend local and remote communities.
of hiring for data science analysts Responding to this, the University
in the United State, Europe, India, endeavored to launch the College
Singapore, and emerging econo- of Medicine to offer a Doctor of
mies in the ASEAN region like Ma- Medicine Program.
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