Degree overview
Enter the revolutionary area of big data where there is an increase in demand for data science skills1.
Learn to analyse and visualise rich data sources, how to spot data trends, and to generate data management strategies.
Complete coursework designed with industry including the Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia and the leader in business analytics software – SAS.
Use Python, R, SAS, Hadoop as well as other tools used by data science professionals.
1Deloitte Access Economics, The future of work: Occupational and education trends in data science in Australia, February 2018.
Snapshot
Enter the revolutionary area of big data where there is an acute shortage of data scientists. This is expected to drive future growth in the data science workforce, with an annual growth rate of 2.4% between 2016-17 and 2021-22 (which is stronger than the 1.5% per annum growth forecast for the entire Australian labour force)1.
Vast volumes of data are generated every day around the globe. The need to make sense of it has given rise to the revolutionary area of ‘Big Data’, and to a new career of ‘data scientist’. Data scientists find patterns, making meaning and drawing value from the seeming chaos.
Taught by leading researchers you will learn to analyse and visualise rich data sources, how to spot data trends and to generate insights based on data.
This postgraduate degree is offered as part of a suite of three programmes (graduate certificate, graduate diploma and master). Each qualification extends to the next, so you can easily transition to a master level qualification.
If you decide to exit this degree having completed the first four courses you will receive the Graduate Certificate in Data Science. If you have completed the first eight courses you will receive the Graduate Diploma in Data Science.
1Deloitte Access Economics, The future of work: Occupational and education trends in data science in Australia, February 2018.
Real-world connections
Research institutes and centres
The University is home to several research institutes, concentrations and centres, including:
Advanced Computing Research Centre
Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Future Industries Institute
Institute for Telecommunications Research
Phenomics and Bioinformatics Research Centre
Defence and Systems Institute
All have industry-standard facilities, with world-renowned links and associations that provide a dynamic teaching and research base for students.
The University of South Australia also hosts regular employee master classes and employment expos, and alumni events in Australia and overseas.
