The Governance Committee provides a faculty body to:

  • establish policy for the conduct of the Data Science major and Data Science minor,

  • review and/or finalize initial requirements, course lists, qualification criteria, and evolution processes for the Data Science major and Data Science minor,

  • consider changes to degree programs and faculty constituency of the Data Science major and Data Science minor,

  • approve student petitions,

  • define how specific committee responsibilities can be delegated to staff personnel, to faculty appointed in particular roles, or to subcommittees, and associated reporting,

  • provide oversight on agreements and understandings established with other units of campus in connection with the Data Science major and Data Science minor,

  • review annual reporting on composition and evolution of the Data Science major and Data Science minor,

  • advise the CDSS Associate Provost and Dean and departments on matters relating to resourcing, developing, or otherwise supporting the Data Science major and Data Science minor and students engaged with them.

The Governance Committee includes representatives from:

  • the faculty responsible for the Data Science Group Major (Academic Senate Reg. 810B), currently Statistics and EECS,

  • the Human Contexts and Ethics area,

  • the Domain Emphasis areas, and

  • members at large to provide balance and additional perspective.

 

It currently includes:

  • Associate Provost and Dean or delegate as chair,

  • Chair of Statistics or delegate, and another faculty member of the department,

  • Chair of EECS or delegate, and another faculty member of the department,

  • Two members representing Human Contexts and Ethics, and

  • Three members representing Domain Emphases or equivalent.

 

Current Membership for 2024-25:

John DeNero, Associate Dean, DSUS

Carl Boettiger, Environmental Science, Policy and Management

Cathryn Carson, History

Paul Grigas, IEOR

Haiyan Huang, Statistics

Zachary Pardos, Education

Ryan Tibshirani, Statistics

Claire Tomlin, EECS

Lisa Yan, EECS

Nasser Zakariya, Rhetoric

Resources for Faculty and Staff

Information about submitting courses to count toward the Data Science major or minor requirements, or proposing a new Domain Emphasis.