The field involves statistics, computer science and communication skills, so it’s good if someone is proficient in one or two of those areas before trying to become a data science specialist, he said.

The cybersecurity degree is part of UA’s College of Applied Science and Technology, and an extension of its Computer Information Systems Networking bachelor’s degree.

The University of Akron’s two new degree programs, Bachelor of Science in Sport Analytics and Bachelor of Business Administration in Sport Business, will be housed in the Department of Management.

“He has 96 credit hours and, all across the board, math,, physics, chemistry computer science engineering,” said his daughter, Jane Rotching, who contacted the University of Akron and said she ...

Despite a proposal to cut 10 positions from the University of Akron’s polymer science and polymer engineering program, the school's president in a December statement said the university will not ...