1. Overview

Course:	Graduate Certificate in Data Science (2025)
CP Required:	24
Min FT Duration:	0.50 Years
Min PT Duration:	N/A
Faculty/School:	School of Computer Science
Years Offered:	2025, 2024, 2023

2. Requirements

Summary:

Students must complete 24 credit points as follows:

► 12 credit points of Data Science Core units of study

► 12 credit points of Data Science Specialist units of study

Faculty Resolutions

Details of relevant Faculty resolutions are available via the university handbook site at: http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/

3. Semesters

Note: Students who achieve a minimum average of 60 have the option to upgrade to Graduate Diploma in Data Science.

Students who achieve a WAM of 65 or greater can request to upgrade to Master of Data Science.

Students can request an upgrade in Sydney Student. Go to ‘My studies’, ‘Course details’, ‘Change your course’ then select ‘Continue’ to view the options available.

4. Pathways

No streams/majors defined for this course version.

5. Unit Blocks

Block 1 - Data Science Core Units (Min CP: 12,Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
COMP5310	Principles of Data Science	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
STAT5003	Computational Statistical Methods	6	Semester 1 Semester 2

Block 2 - Data Science Specialist Units (Min CP: 12,Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
COMP5046	Natural Language Processing	6	Semester 1
COMP5313	Large Scale Networks	6	Semester 1
COMP5318	Machine Learning and Data Mining	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
COMP5328	Advanced Machine Learning	6	Semester 2
COMP5329	Deep Learning	6	Semester 1
COMP5338	Advanced Data Models	6	Semester 2
COMP5339	Data Engineering	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
COMP5349	Cloud Computing	6	Semester 1
COMP5425	Multimedia Retrieval	6	Semester 1
INFO5060	Data Analytics and Business Intelligence	6	Int July
QBUS6810	Statistical Learning and Data Mining	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
QBUS6840	Predictive Analytics	6	Semester 1