MSc Applied Data Science and Statistics with Professional Placement

  • Designed for those wanting to work with and derive meaning from data, but without prior experience of programming
  • Explore a wide variety of applications to prepare you for a career working with data in a wide variety of sectors
  • Graduate with the capability to extract otherwise-hidden information within data and use it to make informed decisions, with the skills needed to enter a Data Scientist or Analyst role
  • Learn a variety of languages essential to Data Science, including R and Python
  • Work with data and gain the ability to perform statistical analysis to answer questions, and understand how to interpret and communicate results in the presence of bias and uncertainty.
  • Designed for those wanting to work with and derive meaning from data, but without prior experience of programming
  • Explore a wide variety of applications to prepare you for a career working with data in a wide variety of sectors
  • Graduate with the capability to extract otherwise-hidden information within data and use it to make informed decisions, with the skills needed to enter a Data Scientist or Analyst role
  • Learn a variety of languages essential to Data Science, including R and Python
  • Work with data and gain the ability to perform statistical analysis to answer questions, and understand how to interpret and communicate results in the presence of bias and uncertainty.
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Modules

  • Working with Data
  • Introduction to Data Science and Statistical Modelling
  • Applications of Data Science and Statistics
  • Communicating Data Science
  • Advanced Topics in Statistics
  • Statistical Data Modelling
  • Data Science and Statistical Modelling in Space and Time
  • Data Governance and Ethics
  • Applied Data Science and Statistics Project
  • You will be required to solve a research or industrially-related practical problem based on the topics learned within, but not exclusive to, the MSc programme you are registered for. The project work will lead to a major piece of work (dissertation) of approximately 15,000 words
  • £29,100 Per Year

    International student tuition fee

    2 Years

    Duration

    Sep 2024

    Start Month

    Aug 2024

    Application Deadline

    Upcoming Intakes

    • September 2024

    Mode of Study

    • Full Time