Course Content

The Bachelor of Arts & Science in “Data, Society & Organisations” is a double program lasting three years and focused on data science applied to the fields of society and organizations. This program of interdisciplinary excellence is designed to respond to the new challenges of our society.  

This program gained its inspiration from current and future needs identified within the public and private sectors. The Bachelor offers students a rigorous path that integrates two complementary areas: the interdisciplinary development of computer science and mathematics skills, as well as an in-depth understanding of the social issues necessary for the analysis and relevance of data. This approach makes it possible to understand the major challenges linked to the collection and use of data in fields such as economics, sociology, law, public affairs and management (environmental transition, health, education, justice, social, etc.) and develop entrepreneurial methods to solve the key societal and organizational challenges.

At the end of this program you will develop your skills in :

• Participation in the development of company strategy
• Supervision and animation of teams in project mode
• Documentation, collection and processing of information
• Carrying out an organizational and/or financial analysis
• Management control, evaluation of tools and proposal of new methods
• Establishment of a budgetary architecture

• Quizzes, exercices
• Case studies
• Business games and role-playing games
• Action projects
• Professional immersions

SEMESTER 1

• Economics Module I: Consumer Behavior and Firms
• Comparative Public Law and Regulation
• Politics & Public Sector
• Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences (Module I – Mathematics for Social Sciences)
• Coding and Data Visualization in Python

SEMESTER 2

• Economics Module II: Macro-Economic Governance
• Global History and Affairs
• Machine Learning (Module I – Introduction)
• Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences (Module II - Data Analytics)
• Foreign Language I

SEMESTER 1 : Bocconi

• Governance of Digital Technologies in Public and Private Sector
• Social Transformations
• Social Media and Democracy
• Machine Learning (Module II – Deep Learning)  
   

SEMESTER 2 : HEC Paris

• Behavioral and Cognitive Science
• Business Analytics
• Business Modeling and Management Accounting
• European Governance 
• Climate Change and Sustainability
• Introduction to Ethics and Philosophy of Science and Technology
• Foreign Language II

SEMESTER 1      

2 CORE COURSES AMONG: 

• Democracy, Governance and Public Policy
• Contract and Business Law
• Organization Behavior
• Financial Accounting
• Financial Economics and Markets

2 MODULES FOR PREPARING CAPSTONE AND DISSERTATION: 

• Entrepreneurial Management Methods for Addressing Challenges
• Introduction to Research Methods    

 4 ELECTIVES AMONG THE PATHWAYS:

• Law and Justice
• Democracy, Governance and Public Policy
• Sustainability Transition
• Management/Organizations/ Entrepreneurship

SEMESTER 2

• Capstone Project/ Data Challenge : Conducting a team project by applying data science to social or business challenges partnered with public or private organizations. Includes advising by a mentor and final presentation to a Board of stakeholders.  
   
• Field Work / Academies among:
  • Data Science for Business
  • Data Science for Public Policy and Society
  • Business Development for Start-up Academy
  • Corporate Finance Academy
     
• 2 electives among:
  • Law and Justice
  • Democracy, Governance and Public Policy
  • Sustainability Transition
  • Management/Organizations/ Entrepreneurship
     
• Dissertation / Final Paper:  
  • Students must write an essay on a topic related to the Capstone project, including literature review, hypotheses development, empirical study and conclusion.