Diploma in Data Science and Analytics

About this programme

The Diploma in Data Science and Analytics offers students the opportunity to advance their careers and gain skills for the new digital economy. Designed for working professionals, the curriculum emphasizes collaboration, experiential learning and team building to solve data-driven challenges. Students will learn interdisciplinary data collection and examination techniques, data visualization, statistical and computational analytics, presentation skills, and how to apply the fundamental core concepts, and tools of data thinking to their work in any industry or sector. Students who complete the Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Analytics may receive laddering credit for the 24 units of coursework completed in the diploma program if they are subsequently accepted to the Master of Data Science and Analytics within five years of beginning the first credential in the laddering process. Technology sector, business start-ups, computer science research, business analysis, human resources, healthcare, marketing. Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate in Fundamental Data Science and Analytics will be eligible to apply for admission to the Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Analytics, and, if admitted, will receive laddering credit for the 12 units of coursework completed. Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate and the Graduate Diploma and who are subsequently accepted into the Master of Data Science and Analytics (MDSA), Laddered Pathway will be granted 24 units (12 units each for the Certificate and Diploma) of laddering credit.