Minor: Data Science


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Course Details

Discipline coordinator:AskQUT
Course contact:+61 7 3138 2000, askqut@qut.edu.au
Faculties:University Wide
Faculty of Business and Law
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
Faculty of Health

Study areas

A minor is a set of related units in a particular study area. You may be able to choose one from another area of the University if your course rules allow. To find out, go to your study plan: if you have a complimentary studies option block, search using the code in brackets above the unit list and if it exists you will be able to select it on plan.

Minors consist of 48 credit points with the introductory units having no prerequisites. Later units may have earlier units as prerequisites. Depending on class timetabling it may not be possible to complete all units in a university wide minor. Consult with your course coordinator and relevant discipline coordinators prior to undertaking interfaculty studies.

Individual units completed in a university wide minor will appear on your academic transcript but it will only be recorded as a successfully completed study area if you have a). selected it as an option on your study plan and b). completed the correct number of credit points.

Course Structures

Unit Lists

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
MSBXMNR-STATS
Select 48 credit points from the Data Analysis Unit Options list:
DSB102Introduction to Machine Learning
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
MXB100Introductory Calculus and Algebra
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Antirequisites:
MZB125, EGD125

Sound achievement in Senior Mathematics B (or equivalent) or MAB105 is assumed knowledge.
MXB105
Equivalents:
MAB121, PVB200
Calculus and Differential Equations
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Antirequisites:
PVB201

Specialist Mathematics or MXB100, or concurrently enrolled in MXB100.
MXB107Probability and Statistics
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1


Specialist Mathematics or MXB100, or concurrently enrolled in MXB100.
MXB241
Equivalents:
MAB314
Probability and Stochastic Modelling 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
MXB101 and MXB105
MXB242
Equivalents:
MAB414
Regression and Design
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
MXB107 and (DSB102 or MXB101)
MXB341
Equivalents:
MAB524
Statistical Inference
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
MXB241 or MAB314
MXB344
Equivalents:
MAB624
Generalised Linear Models
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
MXB242

The Data Science Minor develops basic knowledge and skills in data science. It covers the breadth of Data Science fields, including programming, database management, machine learning and how to build data science models. The Minor in Data Science enhances employability by providing students with technical and analytical capabilities that are widely applicable across industries.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
DSBXMNR-DATASC
Select 48 credit points from the Data Science Unit Options List:
DSB101
Equivalents:
MXB262
Introduction to Data Science and Visualisation
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
DSB102Introduction to Machine Learning
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
DSB200Applied Data Science
Available for enrolment in 2027
Prerequisites:
DSB101 and DSB102 and IFB104
DSB202Data Ethics and Society
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
IFB104 and IFB105
IFB104
Equivalents:
INB104, ITB001, ITD104
Introduction to Programming
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Antirequisites:
CAB201, EGB103, EGD103
IFB105
Equivalents:
IFB130, ITD105
Database Management
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2


For PU51 students, PUB110 is the assumed knowledge for IFB105.