After completing my first two Information Science courses along with IBM’s Python for Data Science and AI and a Crash Course in Data Science from John Hopkins University, I decided to take two data analytics related courses in the same program.

Now, after completing those two courses–Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery and Data Visualization and Communication, I have decided to end my brief journey in the Information Science graduate program to pursue a Master of Science in Advanced Data Analytics. My love and interest in the field of information science will remain strong and I will continue to explore this field and its sub-fields any opportunity that I get.

For now, however, I will be taking a break for the Fall. Working as a full time teacher with a child at home only leaves me a few hours in the evenings and weekends for my studies and it hasn’t been easy. I hope I can manage this new challenge. I will begin the new program in the Spring with - Data Analytics 1 and Harvesting, Storage and Retrieval of Data.