Data analytics and operations research are both rapidly growing disciplines that use a range of mathematical, statistical and computational approaches to big data.

This major applies scientific information and decision-making to business management. You'll also learn the skills needed to analyse large and complex data sets and to make effective decisions.

This major will prepare you to work in a range of roles in financial services, technology, engineering, science and research.

You may choose to combine your major with a minor in bioinformatics, computational science, computer science, physics or statistics.

Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Depending on which major you choose, here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

• Data engineer
• Production bioinformatics engineer
• Software engineer
• Research engineering lead
• Quantitative analyst
• Materials scientist
• Data analyst
• Customer analyst
• Applied statistician
• Risk modeller