Data Science Certificate FAQs
The S&DS certificate notation appears upon graduation and is listed in the upper left hand corner of a student’s transcript in the form:
Student Number
Record of: [student name]
College:
Major
Events: Certificate: Data Science
No, Yale College does not permit student to complete a Certificate and a major in the same area of study.
No. The certificate is only for undergraduates.
No. There can be no overlap between courses used to complete your major and the certificate. If a course in the certificate must be counted in your major, we suggest that you take a different course in the certificate. Or, you could ask your DUS that you be allowed to complete a different course in your major. Similarly, we note that the term “prerequisite” is used by EP&E (for example – maybe others) to describe courses that count for the major but are “prerequisite” to applying to the major; an overlap here is similarly not permitted.
No. Every course in the certificate must be taken for a grade.