Analytics is a Sexy Major (When hell freezes over)

Analytics may soon be able to reveal in the enrollment data that the freeze has started. The movie Moneyballs (Brad Pitt, Robin Wright and Jonah Hill) may do for analytics programs what The Social Network did for computer science – attract more smart young adults into the discipline of analytics. The College of Charleston offers a BS in Discovery Informatics for students who are passionate about finding value in data, just like Billy Bean did when he managed the Oakland A’s.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/business/after-moneyball-data-guys-are-triumphant.html?_r=1&hpw