Master of Data Science (MDataSc) - Course List

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Master of Data Science 32 units

For the Master of Data Science 32 units comprising -

For the Master of Data Science (Program Code 5660) 32 units comprising -

  1. 16 units from part A; and
  2. 0 to 10 units from part B1; and
  3. 4 to 16 units from part B2; and
  4. 0 to 12 units from part C or other courses approved by the Executive Dean.

Part A Compulsory - 16 units including all of

Course Code Units Course Title
DATA7001 2 Introduction to Data Science
DATA7002 2 Responsible Data Science
DATA7201 2 Data Analytics at Scale
DATA7202 2 Statistical Methods for Data Science
DATA7901 2 Data Science Capstone Project 1
DATA7902 4 Data Science Capstone Project 2
DATA7703 2 Machine Learning

Part B1 - at most 10 units from

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE7030 2 Introduction to Software Engineering
INFS7901 2 Database Principles
INFS7907 2 Advanced Database Systems
MATH7501 2 Mathematics for Data Science 1
MATH7502 2 Mathematics for Data Science 2
STAT7203 2 Applied Probability & Statistics

Part B2 - at least 4 units from

Course Code Units Course Title
INFS7203 2 Data Mining
INFS7205 2 Advanced Techniques for High Dimensional Data
INFS7410 2 Information Retrieval and Web Search
INFS7450 2 Social Media Analytics
MATH7202 2 Advanced Topics in Operations Research
MATH7232 2 Operations Research & Mathematical Planning
MATH7406 2 Control Theory
STAT7502 2 Advanced Statistics I

Part C - Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
ACCT7101 2 Accounting
BINF6000 2 Concepts in Bioinformatics
BINF6001 2 Introduction to Proteins and Nucleic Acids
BINF7000 2 Advanced Bioinformatics
BINF7001 2 Advanced Genome Informatics
COMP7500 2 Advanced Algorithms & Data Structures
COMP7505 2 Algorithms & Data Structures
COMP7702 2 Artificial Intelligence
COSC7500 2 Numerical Methods in Computational Science
COSC7502 2 High-Performance Computing
CSSE7023 2 Advanced Software Engineering
DECO7110 2 Design Thinking
ECON7310 2 Elements of Econometrics
ECON7350 2 Applied Econometrics for Macroeconomics and Finance
ECON7390 2 Financial Econometrics
FINM7401 2 Finance
FINM7403 2 Portfolio Management
MATH7039 2 Financial Mathematics
MATH7049 2 Computation in Financial Mathematics
MATH7091 2 Financial Calculus
MKTG7501 2 Fundamentals of Marketing
MKTG7503 2 Consumer & Buyer Behaviour
MKTG7510 2 Market & Consumer Research
PUBH7600 2 Introduction to Epidemiology
STAT7301 2 Mathematical Statistics
STAT7303 2 Experimental Design
STAT7304 2 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes I
STAT7306 2 Statistical Analysis of Genetic Data
STAT7503 2 Advanced Statistics II
STAT7504 2 Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes I
STAT7505 2 Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes II
STAT7610 2 Longitudinal & Correlated Data