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The Bachelor of Data Science (Professional) equips you with essential theoretical and practical expertise to thrive in this fast-evolving field. This program includes three academic years plus a final-year industry internship, arranged through the School of Computing Technologies. Your hands-on industry experience offers a distinctive chance to refine both professional and technical abilities while expanding your career connections.
As an RMIT data science student, you'll acquire a versatile skillset combining data analytics, statistics, and computer science - positioning you at the heart of business decisions, corporate strategies, and government initiatives. With numerous career-oriented majors, minors, and electives available, you can tailor your degree to align with your academic and professional aspirations. Options span machine learning, data processing, artificial intelligence, gaming, blockchain, and cybersecurity.
Throughout the Bachelor of Data Science (Professional), you'll cultivate advanced problem-solving, analytical reasoning, and communication competencies that will support a dynamic career across diverse sectors and organizations.
This degree's teaching methodology nurtures independent learning capabilities, ensuring you can continue developing your skills after graduation.
Your education will incorporate varied learning formats including lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, intensive boot camps, studio sessions, and practical classes, delivered through in-person, online, and flexible platforms. Evaluation methods encompass examinations, tests, quizzes, written papers, reports, assignments, projects, presentations, and lab assessments.