DPT: Data Science (MSc)(R) (PRMSCDATSC1F)

Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.

COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
INFR11105	Introduction to Research in Data Science	As available	30

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 10 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

Overarching rule collection group: A
Select exactly 150 credits from these collections:

Select exactly 90 credits course level 11, as available
INFR11106 MSc by Research Thesis (Data Science) (90 credits)

AND

Select a minimum of 10 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
INFR11073	Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 11)	10
INFR11087	Information Theory	10
INFR11050	Probabilistic Modelling and Reasoning	10
INFR11010	Reinforcement Learning	10
INFR11007	Data Mining and Exploration	10
INFR09029	Introductory Applied Machine Learning	10
MATH11085	Statistical Theory	10
MATH11086	Statistical Regression Models	10
MATH11121	Likelihood and Generalized Linear Models	10
MATH11024	The Analysis of Survival Data	10
MATH11111	Fundamentals of Optimization	10
MATH11030	Combinatorial Optimization	5
MATH11031	Nonlinear Optimization	10
MATH11010	Stochastic Optimization	5
MATH11146	Modern Optimization Methods for Big Data Problems	10

AND

Select a minimum of 10 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
INFR11088	Extreme Computing	10
INFR11058	Data Integration and Exchange (Level 11)	10
INFR11011	Advanced Databases (Level 11)	10
INFR11103	Querying and Storing XML	10
INFR11025	Topics in Distributed Databases	10

AND

Select a minimum of 10 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
INFR11059	Advanced Natural Language Processing	20
INFR11100	Text Technologies for Data Science	10
INFR11062	Machine Translation (Level 11)	10
INFR11016	Bioinformatics 1	10
INFR11005	Bioinformatics 2	10
INFR11031	Advanced Vision (Level 11)	10
INFR11035	Neural Information Processing	10
INFR11033	Automatic Speech Recognition	10
LASC11062	Speech Synthesis	10
INFR11061	Natural Language Understanding (Level 11)	10
MATH11110	Optimization Methods in Finance	15

AND

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 30 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

AND

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 10 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

Overarching rule collection group: B
Select exactly 150 credits from these collections:

Select exactly 120 credits course level 11, as available
INFR11107 MSc by Research Thesis (Data Science; 120pt) (120 credits)

AND

Select exactly 10 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
INFR11073	Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 11)	10
INFR11087	Information Theory	10
INFR11050	Probabilistic Modelling and Reasoning	10
INFR11010	Reinforcement Learning	10
INFR11007	Data Mining and Exploration	10
INFR09029	Introductory Applied Machine Learning	10
MATH11085	Statistical Theory	10
MATH11086	Statistical Regression Models	10
MATH11121	Likelihood and Generalized Linear Models	10
MATH11024	The Analysis of Survival Data	10
MATH11111	Fundamentals of Optimization	10
MATH11030	Combinatorial Optimization	5
MATH11031	Nonlinear Optimization	10
MATH11010	Stochastic Optimization	5
MATH11146	Modern Optimization Methods for Big Data Problems	10

AND

Select exactly 10 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
INFR11088	Extreme Computing	10
INFR11058	Data Integration and Exchange (Level 11)	10
INFR11011	Advanced Databases (Level 11)	10
INFR11103	Querying and Storing XML	10
INFR11025	Topics in Distributed Databases	10

AND

Select exactly 10 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
INFR11059	Advanced Natural Language Processing	20
INFR11100	Text Technologies for Data Science	10
INFR11062	Machine Translation (Level 11)	10
INFR11016	Bioinformatics 1	10
INFR11005	Bioinformatics 2	10
INFR11031	Advanced Vision (Level 11)	10
INFR11035	Neural Information Processing	10
INFR11033	Automatic Speech Recognition	10
LASC11062	Speech Synthesis	10
INFR11061	Natural Language Understanding (Level 11)	10
MATH11110	Optimization Methods in Finance	15

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2014/2015
- ARCHIVE as at 1 September 2014