DASC-MAJ · Major · 48 credit points

Data science

Available in Bachelor of Information Technology

Rules for completing this course

No more than 12 credit points at Level 1 may be credited to the major and at least 18 points must be at Level 3. You must complete 48 credit points, comprising: - 36 credit points of core units; and - 12 credit points of additional units. Note. Students undertaking this major need to complete FIT1045 to satisfy the prerequisites of some of the units in the major.

Core units

36 cp

You must complete the following units.

MAT1003Mathematics for algorithms and models6 cp
MAT1830Discrete mathematics for computer science6 cp
FIT2086Modelling for data analysis6 cp
FIT2132Reasoning with data 6 cp
FIT2179Data visualisation6 cp
FIT3154Advanced data analysis6 cp

Additional units

12 cp

You must complete 12 credit points from the following units

FIT3003Business intelligence and data warehousing6 cp
FIT3182Big data management and processing6 cp
FIT3191Generative artificial intelligence 6 cp
FIT3229Bayesian modelling and inference6 cp
FIT3233Optimisation and reinforcement learning6 cp
ADS3001Advanced data challenges12 cp
ETC3450Applied time series econometrics6 cp
ETC3460Financial econometrics6 cp
ETC3550Applied forecasting6 cp
ETC3580Advanced statistical modelling6 cp
ETF3231Business forecasting6 cp
MTH3330Optimisation and operations research6 cp

Source: 2027 handbook entry