MSc Data Science

2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in any degree with Computing as a major subject with at least 50% of credit bearing modules in Computing at an average grade of pass.

You will be well qualified for responsible software development positions, not only in the IT sector but also in many other sectors such as education, engineering, health services, financial services, government, manufacturing, retail, and transport. Expertise in Data Science & Big Data is particularly prized by employers. You will also be well qualified to proceed to a PhD in computing science.

Graduates of this programme have been employed by companies such as Scottish Water, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Expedia, EY, JP Morgan & Chase and Sky UK. Positions include Software Developer, System Designers and Data Scientists.

Core courses:

Programming and Systems Development (H)
Research and Professional Skills (M)
Introduction to Data Science and Systems (M)
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence for Data Scientists (M)
MSc Project for Computing Science+

Specialist courses (choose at least four):

Deep Learning for MSc (M)
Information Retrieval (M)
Web Science for MSc
Big Data: Systems, Programming, and Management (M)
Text as Data for MSc

Security courses (choose at least one):

Cryptography and Secure Development (M)
CyberSecurity Fundamentals for MSc (M)
Human-Centred Security (M)
Cyber Systems Forensics (M)

Optional courses (choose at most one):

Human Computer Interaction Design and Evaluation (M)
Internet Technology (M)
Secured Software Engineering (M)
Information Visualisation (M)
Mobile Human-Computer Interaction for MSc