Beginning in Fall 2023, Â鶹ֱ²¥ will offer a new Bachelor’s of Science in Computational Economics, housed in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences in collaboration with the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems and offered on both the New York City and Westchester campuses.
This interdisciplinary program will empower students to answer economic questions and inform business practices using computer science and information technology, including focuses on programming, big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and econometrics. Students will learn to code fluently and manage large datasets using R, Python, and SQL, and take courses such as Economic Data Analysis, Applied AI with Deep Learning, and Econometrics: Models and Organizations.
Quantitative strategies and data analytics are skills that are in high demand in today’s workplace. According to Burning Glass in 2022, employment in data analysis and mathematics is expected to grow 27.61 percent while jobs that utilize Python skills are expected to grow by 48.02 percent. Potential career paths for students with a degree in computational economics can include data scientist or data analyst, financial quantitative analyst, economist, chief information officer, business intelligence analyst and statistician.
For Thomas Scopino ’27, a master's student in Environmental Science and Policy at Â鶹ֱ²¥'s Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, an internship with the New York Public Library offered an unexpected opportunity to explore how environmental policy, energy efficiency, and urban sustainability intersect across New York City.
Through Â鶹ֱ²¥â€™s unique relationship with the United Nations, students are taking their education beyond the classroom and onto the global stage, advocating for human rights, engaging with international leaders, and gaining firsthand experience in shaping conversations that can change the world.
How much freedom are we willing to sacrifice in the name of security? As facial recognition and AI-powered surveillance expand worldwide, Political Science Professor and Chair Amy Freedman, PhD, examines what the rise of digital monitoring in Southeast Asia reveals about democracy, individual rights, and the growing power of governments to watch and control their citizens.