Information valid for students commencing in 2022.
BSc – Data Science Major
Handbook year | 2022 |
Major code | BSC-DSC |
Credit point value | 24 credit points |
Owner | Division of Tropical Environments and Societies |
College | Science and Engineering |
Major Structure (Except as second major with BSc- Mathematics, and within the BAdvSc, BEng-BSc and BTI)
CORE SUBJECTS
Level 1
MA1580:03 Foundations of Data Science
MA1000:03 Mathematical Foundations
Level 2
MA2405:03 Advanced Statistical Modelling
Level 3
MA3405:03 Statistical Data Mining for Big Data
MA3831:03 Natural Language Processing, Web Scraping and Large Data Processing
MA3832:03 Neural Network and Deep Learning or MA3212:03 Optimisation and Operations Research
OPTIONS
Select 6 credit points of subjects from List 1
List 1
CP2404:03 Database Modelling
MA2210:03 Linear Algebra
MA2211:03 Discrete Mathematics
MA2830:03 Data Visualisation
Note: Students studying this major must select CP1401 and CP1404 within their course in order to satisfy prerequisites. Please refer to the course structure for details.
Major Structure (within the BAdvSc, BEng-BSc and as a Second major with BSc- Mathematics)
CORE SUBJECTS
Level 1
MA1580:03 Foundations of Data Science
CP1404:03 Programming II
Level 2
MA2405:03 Advanced Statistical Modelling
Level 3
MA3405:03 Statistical Data Mining for Big Data
MA3831:03 Natural Language Processing, Web Scraping and Large Data Processing
MA3832:03 Neural Network and Deep Learning or MA3212:03 Optimisation and Operations Research
OPTIONS
Select 6 credit points of subjects from List 1
List 1
CP2404:03 Database Modelling
MA2210:03 Linear Algebra
MA2211:03 Discrete Mathematics
MA2830:03 Data Visualisation
Note: Students studying this major must take CP1401 to meet prerequisites.
Major Structure (within the BTI)
Not offered from mid-year 2022
CORE SUBJECTS
Level 1
MA1580:03 Foundations of Data Science
MA1000:03 Mathematical Foundations (recommended) or CP1404:03 Programming II
Level 2
MA2405:03 Advanced Statistical Modelling
Level 3
MA3405:03 Statistical Data Mining for Big Data
MA3831:03 Natural Language Processing, Web Scraping and Large Data Processing
MA3832:03 Neural Network and Deep Learning
OPTIONS
Select 6 credit points of subjects from List 1
List 1
CP2404:03 Database Modelling
MA2210:03 Linear Algebra
MA2211:03 Discrete Mathematics
Note: Students studying this major must take CP1401 and CP1404 in order to meet prerequisites. MA1000 is highly recommended for this major, but not required. If MA1000 is selected within the major, students should take CP1404 within the course structure and select CP1401 as an elective within the degree.