MinorUndergraduate

DATASCI04 Data science

Faculty of Information Technology

Data science (DATASCI04) is a minor worth 24 credit points, listing 4 units, taught at Clayton. It is offered in 1 course: Bachelor of Information Technology.

Credit points
24
Units
4
Campus
Clayton
Offered in
1 course

This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2026 entry.

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Overview

Data science addresses aspects of how to capture, manage and use the huge volumes of data generated by businesses, organisations and science in the Information Age. This minor spans technical areas such as programming and databases, through modelling, visualisation and analysis, as well as legal and ethical issues. As well as providing a technical depth component to students in information technology and computer science, this minor will provide a breadth component together with practical skills to students from other disciplines that generate and deal with large amounts of data, from the sciences, through business and commerce to the humanities.

Availability
Data science is listed in C2000 Bachelor of Information Technology at Clayton as a minor.

Structure

Core units24 credit points
You must complete the following units.
Note: FIT1043 has a prerequisite of any Year 12 Mathematics or MTH1010 or equivalent. If you wish to complete this minor you must also complete a Level 1 maths unit and an introductory programming unit.

Courses that offer it

Notes

To find the previous version use the Advanced Search function in the Handbook and select the relevant year: old code DATASCI02 (pre 2025).

Contacts

Academic Coordinators
Dr Lizhen Qu

Common questions

Which courses offer Data science?

1 course in 2025: Bachelor of Information Technology.

What units are in Data science?

It lists 4 units, including FIT1043, FIT2086, FIT2179 and FIT3152. The structure above shows which are required and which you choose.

Minor details

Type
Minor
Study level
Undergraduate
Credit points
24
Faculty
Faculty of Information Technology
Handbook years
20252026