Today, tech education startup Galvanize is announcing that in January 2015 it will begin offering a program that, while formatted like a dev bootcamp focused on giving practical skills needed to land a job as a data scientist, also gives you an accredited Master of Engineering degree in a year.
The year-long program will cost you a whopping $48,000, which sounds crazy until you remember that in this space, there are programs that ask you for $12,000 for one-fifth the time in order to get a certificate that says you can code in JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS.
The 30 students accepted into the program (applications open October 29) will spend time becoming versed in Python and the math and statistics background knowledge expected of big data analysts in the field today. They’ll be working from Galvanize’s new (humongous) offices in the Soma area of San Francisco, which also happens to serve as a shared work space that startups are already paying to work in as well as the home of a venture wing of Galvanize that will be investing in local talent. The idea is that students won’t only be gaining skills, but also simultaneously engaging with people already involved in the startup community, making connections and seeing what kinds of jobs are out there.
GalvanizeU is able to grant its graduates a degree thanks to a partnership with the University of New Haven, a private school based in Connecticut. In addition to the new, year-long program, Galvanize will continue to offer its 6-month long gSchool tracks at its older campuses in Boulder and Denver in Colorado, offering a more “traditional” code school experience.
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