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Start Date
February
July

Campus
Mawson Lakes

Duration
2 year(s) full-time

Program Code
LMDS

SATAC Code
4CM128 (Internal)

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Aim

This program provides graduates with a coherent and in-depth knowledge of current techniques and research in data science, with a theme of applying this knowledge and research in the context of professional practice.

Content & Structure

This program consists of 72 units of study. The first semester enables students who enter with either a mathematics or information technology background to develop, through providing alternative pathways for each, a set of foundation skills on which the remainder of the program is built. The first semester includes professional skills for an IT business professional and in third semester a best practice course for professional development. The next two semesters each consist of two core data analytics courses and a 9 unit course where students apply the theory and techniques to realistic problems in a professional development context. The final semester consists of two advanced data analytics courses and a 9 unit capstone project.

From 4 August 2025, the University of South Australia will no longer be accepting applications for new students. Study at Adelaide University.

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What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
Semester 1
Big Data Concepts INFS 4020 4.5
Problem Solving in the Digital Age COMP 5076 4.5
Business Practices for IT Professionals INFS 5058 4.5
Statistics for Data Science MATH 4044 4.5
Semester 2
Statistical Programming for Data Science COMP 5070 4.5
Data Wrangling and Social Media Analytics INFS 5144 4.5
Data Visualisation INFS 5116 4.5
Directed Elective 4.5 Note(s): 1
Semester 3
Unsupervised Methods in Analytics INFS 5102 4.5
Predictive Analytics INFS 5100 4.5
Advanced Databases, Warehouses and The Cloud INFS 5143 4.5
Masters Research Theory and Practice ENGG 5020 4.5
Semester 4
Customer Analytics in Large Organisations INFS 5096 4.5
Advanced Analytic Techniques MATH 5045 4.5
Capstone Professional Project INFT 5021 9

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