SIT742 - Modern Data Science
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Prerequisite: SIT771 and SIT718 For students enrolled in S406, S408, S434, S479, S464: Must have completed 16 credit points including SIT232 and one of SIT112 or SIT202. For students enrolled in S470, S535, S536, S538, S576, S677, S735, S735A, S737, S739, S751, S770, S778, S779, S789: SIT718 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 2 hour online lecture per week, 1 x 2 hour practical experience (workshop) per week. Weekly meetings. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online lecture per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2 hour practical experience (workshop) per week, weekly meetings. |
Content
In this unit, students will have the opportunity to learn fundamental aspects of data science, modern methods, techniques and applications of data science. Upon successful completion of study, students will be able to use distributed storage and computing platform to process and analyse big data, and use modern techniques in data analytics.
Learning activities in this unit are designed for students to develop knowledge and skills in reviewing tabular data such as relational database, distributed storage and computing platforms with materials on Apache Spark. In learning data analytics, students will use feature selection, data reduction and machine learning methods. Students will also have the opportunity to learn advanced concepts in prediction including linear regression, logistic regression and decision tree classifiers, and to learn frequent pattern discovery using association rule mining algorithms.
Unit Fee Information
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current Students website.