This Special Purpose Award in Applied Data Science and Text Analytics is a constituent of our MSc in Applied Data Science and Analytics. Developed with industry for industry, it has gained a significant reputation as a high quality, challenging and very rewarding programme with a practical focus.  Focusing on the knowledge and skills to select, apply and evaluate data science and text analytics techniques, this award emphasises discovering knowledge that can add value to a company. Students will gain both an in-depth theoretical understanding and practical hands-on experience, including keeping abreast of current research and state of the art in data science related topics.

 

The programme is designed for students in the workplace that need to upskill or reskill in data science and analytics. The award comprises two modules. "Algorithms for Data Science" focuses on applying, tuning a variety of types of data models, and critically evaluating results with respect to data type and quality, and the overarching business objective. "Text Analytics and Web Content Mining" specialises on techniques for prepressing and modelling unstructured text. All assessments are adaptable to individual business contexts.

 

The course is 100% continuous assessment comprising of literature reviews, self-  and peer- evalations, practical reports and online presentations.