GD202 - Graduate Diploma in Data Science

Plan: GD202 - Graduate Diploma in Data Science
Campus: City Campus

Learning outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes Statement

Upon completion of GD202 Graduate Diploma in Data Science, you will have achieved the following Program Learning Outcomes:

You will find that these PLOs read almost identical to the PLOs of the Master's qualification, however please be aware that the capabilities developed in this Graduate Diploma are less comprehensive than those developed by the Master's program. 

Communication (PLO1)
You will learn to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences through a range of modes and media, in particular to:

• Interpret abstract theoretical propositions, choose methodologies, justify conclusions and defend professional decisions to both IT and non-IT personnel via technical reports of professional standard and technical presentations.

Team Work (PLO2)
You will learn to work as an effective and productive team member in a range of professional and social situations, in particular to:

• Work effectively in different roles, to form, manage, and successfully produce outcomes from collaborative teams, whose members may have diverse cultural backgrounds and life circumstances, and differing levels of technical expertise.

Responsibility (PLO3)
You will be required to accept responsibility for your own learning and make informed decisions about judging and adopting appropriate behaviour in professional and social situations. This includes accepting the responsibility for independent life-long learning and a high level of accountability. Specifically, you will learn to:

• Effectively apply relevant standards, ethical considerations, and an understanding of legal and privacy issues to designing software applications and IT systems;
• Contextualise outputs where data are drawn from diverse and evolving social, political and cultural dimensions;
• Reflect on experience and improve your own future practice;
• Locate and use data and information and evaluate its quality with respect to its authority and relevance.

Research and Scholarship (PLO4)
You will have technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to professional practice or scholarship, specifically you will have cognitive skills to:

• Demonstrate mastery of theoretical knowledge and to reflect critically on theory and professional practice or scholarship;

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