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I am looking to change careers and would appreciate some advice.

I have an undergraduate degree in English Literature and a JD. Needless to say, these were not the best decisions and I would like to change my career. I have always enjoyed math and science, and after months of research and self study, I have decided that I would like to pursue statistics.

My question is basically this : would it be better to get another Bach. Degree in statistics or should I take calculus 1-3, linear algebra, probably and statistics and some computer science courses at a community college then try to get into a grad program instead?

I am afraid that without the bachelors degree I will not have the required knowledge for a masters even after taking the courses at my local c.c. However, another bachelors degree may be a worthless waste of time.

Please share your thoughts. Also, sorry if this is not the right place for this question.

Shagun Sodhani
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Data science is a multi discipline subject. In addition to math you need some programming skills and ideally - understanding of the domain where you are going to solve problems.

You can start from online-courses and some introduction literature. Look at the answers at current site:

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IgorS
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Graduate degrees in data science or business analytics provide a fast-track toward a job these days, even more so than a traditional statistics degree. Check out the graduate programs and what they require in terms of prerequisites. Some may not even require Calculus sequence, only a good foundation of stat and linear algebra.

A bachelor's degree is necessarily going to waste your days with core courses like British Literature (no offense to english majors, but given your goals that time would be wasted).

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