Data Science - online

The Data Science course develops core skills in data science, covering a mix of practical and theoretical issues integral to careers in many data driven sectors. You will learn how to approach real-world data problems and how to apply your skills in critical thinking, problem solving and analysis.

The Data Science course is an online self-paced programme, with options to study for a PGCert, PGDip and an MSc.

Highlights

The programme will teach research methods in data science and help you to understand contemporary issues in the field.

You will discover methods of datamining, from the underlying core theory to practical understanding.

The programme will help you to understand how to create effective information visualisations and how to engage critically with visual displays of data.

You will use industry-standard computing resources to employ the full Data Science workflow from data acquisition and processing, through model development and selection, to final deployment and maintenance.

You will learn optimisation techniques, how to curate and utilise large quantities of data, and how to model and simulate complex systems of data.