Graduate Diploma of Data Science

Modern organisations are increasingly emphasising the use of data to inform day-to-day operations and long-term strategic decisions, resulting in high demand for data scientists. This course equips you with the essential skills and knowledge to meet this demand and excel in a high-job growth area.

The Graduate Diploma of Data Science covers modern data science concepts, statistical data analysis, descriptive analytics, and machine learning, equipping you with the theory, methodologies, techniques, and tools of modern data science. Through this course, you will develop the ability to confidently work with any type of data, identify trends, make predictions, draw conclusions, drive innovations, make decisions and share information that influences people. This course gives you essential skills in data analytics, enabling you to discover insights and support decision-making across a range of industries.

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