Data Science Professional Development

Course aim

To develop skills as a professional through the application of analytics methods to well defined problems and associated data sets.

Course content

Research organisation (topic selection, research questions, design of a research project, critical results evaluation, summary).

Data privacy and security.

Data visualisation methods.

For a project where the technical objectives, analytic goals and deliverables specified, apply data analytics methods to the problem: Exploration of the data; performing a preliminary analysis of the data; performing main analysis of data; evaluation of results and test; preparation of a deployment plan and a final report.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
INFT 4017	Research Methods
INFS 5116	Data Visualisation

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop (Face-to-face and/or virtual workshops, including small group work.)	2 hours x 13 weeks
Directed Study	N/A x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Workshop (Face-to-face and/or virtual workshops, including small group work.)	2 hours x 13 weeks
Directed Study	N/A x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External (On-line materials, on-line interactions with these material, weekly on-line computer practicals in a virtual machine environment, online interactions with the course coordinator and with other students, including through virtual workshops. )	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Learning log/Journal, Peer review, Project, Proposal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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