Certificate in Data Science

Type: Credit-based

Offered by:  Faculty of Computer Science

Coordinator: Dr. Vlado Keselj, Director of MDI, vlado@cs.dal.ca

Overview:

The Certificate in Data Science draws on an interdisciplinary collection of courses from computer science, management and statistics. It aims to educate students on an array of data science and statistical methods, models, and tools and position them to be able to draw conclusions from data reliably and robustly with quantification of all uncertainties, and promote reproducibility of the results.

Students who complete the certificate will be prepared to:

1) Implement and use a variety of data science and statistical methods, models, and tools to leverage technological and management advances in digital business and e-commerce;
2) Show an awareness of conditions for applicability and failure of data science and statistics tools;
3) Demonstrate a thorough understanding of how to quantify uncertainties associated with particular methods; and
4) Understand the conditions for applicability and failure of data science and statistic tools in the context of digital business, assess the impact of technology, business, and policy related issues.

Admission Requirements / Eligibility:

Students must be registered in the Master of Digital Innovation (MDI) program to be eligible for this certificate.

Certificate Requirements:

Core course requirements (9 credit hours):

STAT 5620.03

CSCI 6409.03

CSCI 6505.03

Electives (Pick 6 credit hours from the following courses):

BUSI 6513.03 or INFO 6513.03

INFO 6681.03

STAT 5130.03

STAT 5350.03

STAT 5390.03

STAT 5550.03

CSCI 6405.03

CSCI 6406.03

CSCI 6509.03

CSCI 6515.03

CSCI 6612.03

DGIN 5401.03

Application of Credit Hours Towards Other Degree Requirements:

Courses completed as part of this certificate may be double-counted towards the requirements of the MDI degree, subject to approval by the student’s supervisor and graduate coordinator in their primary degree program. Courses not approved to count towards the primary degree requirements will result in additional tuition fees on a per-course fee basis.