About the course
In today's data-centric world, businesses require professionals who can extract meaningful insights from data to facilitate better decision-making. The University of Cape Town (UCT) offers the Data Science with Python online short course to enable individuals to acquire practical data science and analysis skills that can be applied in everyday business scenarios.
During the eight-week course, you’ll become familiar with Python libraries widely used in various industries and learn how to employ these methods to solve day-to-day business challenges. The data science course provides an introduction to statistical learning, which lays the foundation for the mechanics of machine learning. You’ll examine tree-based models and neural networks for supervised learning, K-means, and hierarchical clustering for unsupervised learning. Additionally, you’ll learn about the process of discovering more robust patterns to ensure that the models are useful.
The course is designed for professionals seeking to bridge gaps in their data science skills and knowledge. Those in the IT sector who require demonstrable and practical skills to rapidly expand their data science toolkit will find the technical content highly beneficial. Professionals in diverse industries will learn how to increase their organisation's efficiency and uncover new opportunities using essential data and programming skills.
The course emphasises technical knowledge, and it is recommended that students possess a fundamental understanding of mathematics, statistics, and familiarity with at least one programming language to fully utilise the course's benefits.
Course content
- Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus
- Module 1: Data science and statistical learning
- Module 2: Tree-based methods
- Module 3: Managing the complexity of tree-based methods
- Module 4: Neural networks
- Module 5: Managing the complexity of neural networks
- Module 6: K-means clustering
- Module 7: Hierarchical clustering
- Module 8: Data science in the real world
Registration
This course is offered by GetSmarter. Enrol and pay directly with the course provider.
More information
Phone: +27 (0)21 100 6668
Email: admissions@getsmarter.com
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