This program provides graduates with a coherent and in-depth knowledge of current techniques and research in data science, with a theme of applying this knowledge and research in the context of professional practice.

 

This program consists of 72 units of study. The first semester enables students who enter with either a mathematics or information technology background to develop, through providing alternative pathways for each, a set of foundation skills on which the remainder of the program is built. The first semester includes professional skills for an IT business professional and in third semester a best practice course for professional development. The next two semesters each consist of two core data analytics courses and a 9 unit course where students apply the theory and techniques to realistic problems in a professional development context. The final semester consists of two advanced data analytics courses and a 9 unit capstone project.