University of South Australia, Master of Data Science, 2 Year(s)

UniSA’s Master of Data Science gives you current knowledge of data science techniques and research. It caters for students with a mathematics or an IT background, with courses tailored for both. You will learn to analyze and visualize rich data sources, how to spot data trends, and to generate data management strategies. The coursework has been designed with industry including the Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia and the leader in business analytics software SAS. Students also benefit from UniSA’s lead role in the 88 million Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre. Taught by leading researchers you will learn to analyze and visualize rich data sources, how to spot data trends and to generate data management strategies. This postgraduate degree is offered as part of a suite of three programs (graduate certificate, graduate diploma and master). Each qualification extends to the next, so you can easily transition to a master level qualification. You will start by developing foundation skills in data and statistics such as big data basics, statistical prog... Read more

UniSA’s Master of Data Science gives you current knowledge of data science techniques and research. It caters for students with a mathematics or an IT background, with courses tailored for both. You will learn to analyze and visualize rich data sources, how to spot data trends, and to generate data management strategies. The coursework has been designed with industry including the Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia and the leader in business analytics software SAS. Students also benefit from UniSA’s lead role in the 88 million Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre. Taught by leading researchers you will learn to analyze and visualize rich data sources, how to spot data trends and to generate data management strategies. This postgraduate degree is offered as part of a suite of three programs (graduate certificate, graduate diploma and master). Each qualification extends to the next, so you can easily transition to a master level qualification. You will start by developing foundation skills in data and statistics such as big data basics, statistical programming for data science, and relational databases and warehouses. Career outcomes - : The field of data science field is evolving at a rapid rate. It will continue to grow as savvy business leaders integrate analytics into every facet of their organization.

Analytics, science, data, and reasoning are becoming embedded into decision-making processes, every day and everywhere in the business world1.Careers to consider: big data visualizer: using visualization software to analyze data, drawing implications and communicating findings, providing input on database requirements for reporting/analytics, acquiring, managing and documenting data (e.g. geospatial), creating visualizations from data or GIS data analysis data scientist: understanding interfaces, data migrations, big data and databases, taking the lead in processing raw data and determining the best types of analysis, mining large volumes of data to understand user behaviors and interactions, communicating data findings to IT leadership and business leaders to promote innovation business data analyst: working with stakeholders, analysts and senior management to understand business strategy and the questions that need to be asked, identifying research needs, designing experiments and making recommendations based on results, driving complex analytics projects to support the business information security analyst: reporting and recommendations to prevent security incidents, security control monitoring, implementing new security technology, methods and techniques, championing security best practice, reviewing systems for security risks and compliance issue.

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