Student Opportunities
Whether you want to get involved in internships, research, and societies to bulk up your academic résumé or join clubs and organizations to expand your social circle, the data science major provides opportunities to expand your horizons in whatever directions you choose.
Find the Perfect Opportunity
Internships
- Complete an internship in the Data Science Innovation Lab during the semester. Projects vary, but generally are working with a campus or community group or organization to provide them with data sets.
- Arrange your own internship experience through your own connections, or by tapping into the Center for Career Development’s extensive network.
Research
- Collaborate with faculty on research projects.
- Regularly complete research projects as part of your regular coursework.
- Work with local community organizations to do real-world problem solving with actual data sets.
- Create your own research project. Support, financial or otherwise, is available across campus, including through the John S. Toll Research Program and the Cater Society for Junior Fellows.
To get started thinking about what research you might be able to do at Washington College, review our faculty’s areas of expertise.
Get Involved
Build your résumé and expand your social circle simultaneously by joining clubs, honor societies, and more that help you connect with folks with similar interests.
Peter Junkin '25
York, Pennsylvania
MAJOR
- Data Science
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
- Watershed Innovation Lab
- Geospatial Innovation Program
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
- Rock Ensemble
- “It is a nice major for people who really want to have a tangible effect, people who like to create things, and people who like everything. You do a bit of everything. Data science is very much a major that doesn’t exist without other departments. It is in service of whatever client you’re working for. It is interesting with every different job seeing a different side of an industry or a different side of academics.”