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In this paper, I am reporting a perspective on how to adapt current traditional courses in undergraduate engineering curricula to develop a curriculum for Data Science Specialization for Engineers at the undergraduate level. For engineers, to be able to handle data science related problems/projects at the undergrad level, their education needs to expose them more toward project-based learning scheme that covers all aspects of the data analytics lifecycle. However, given the robust and well-developed undergraduate engineering curricula and the limited resources, it would be beneficial to modify some of the courses offered at the undergraduate level to address the different aspects of data analytics lifecycle. I conclude this paper with a list of suggested/modified courses, their descriptions and objectives, tools and development platforms, challenges, project ideas, and teaching methodology. The list represents a seed for a curriculum proposal and a pilot project is needed to measure the effectiveness of the proposed curriculum.
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Mohammed, E.A. (2020). A Perspective on “Working with Data” Curriculum Development. In: Alhajj, R., Moshirpour, M., Far, B. (eds) Data Management and Analysis. Studies in Big Data, vol 65. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32587-9_12
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