Data Analytics for Government MSc/PgDip/PgCert: Online distance learning PgCert

While the amount of data being produced is proliferating at a staggering rate, the skills to extract information and the value we receive from it are both relatively scarce. Analytics and data-driven decisioning is playing an increasingly important role in the economy, society and public administration. Designed together with the Office for National Statistics, our MSc in Online Data Analytics for Government is based on our successful online MSc programme in Data Analytics and will provide you with vital skills required to develop your modelling and data handling expertise. You will gain a firm grounding in the principles of learning from data sets, whilst at the same time getting hands-on experience handling, analysing and visualising data, helping your organisation to maximise the insights and value extracted from its data.<br/><br/>**WHY THIS PROGRAMME**<br/><br/><br/>- The Statistics Group at the University of Glasgow is internationally renowned for its research excellence. Students are able to benefit from this by learning from academics whose expertise covers the analysis of data from a wide range of applications.<br/><br/><br/>- Designed for part-time study, this programme allows you to gain an MSc degree from a leading university while youre still in full-time employment. Plus, from day one you can start to put your new knowledge to the test at work. You wont have to wait until youve graduated to make a real difference in the workplace.<br/><br/><br/>- A faster study route, which lets you complete the programme in two years, and a slower study route, which lets you complete the programme in four years, is also available. <br/><br/><br/>- You will have the freedom to work at your own pace and access to a wide range of learning tools including rich interactive reading material and tutor-led videos. You will also be able to arrange tailored one-to-one sessions with our academic team. <br/><br/><br/>**PROGRAMME STRUCTURE**<br/><br/>This flexible part-time programme is usually completed over three years. In the first two years, you will take two courses each trimester. If you are doing the MSc, in the third year you will undertake a project and dissertation.<br/><br/>**Core Courses (MSc / PgDip) - see course page for descriptions**<br/>SAMPLING FUNDAMENTALS (10 credits) <br/>STATISTICAL COMPUTING (10 credits)<br/>DATA SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS (10 credits)<br/>PREDICTIVE MODELLING (ODL) (10 credits)<br/>ADVANCED PREDICTIVE MODELS (ODL) (10 credits)<br/>STATISTICS IN GOVERNMENT (10 credits)<br/>DATA PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON (ODL) (10 credits)<br/>UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT AND BAYESIAN COMPUTATION (ODL) (10 credits)<br/>INTRODUCTION TO SURVEY RESEARCH (10 credits)<br/>DATA MINING AND MACHINE LEARNING I: SUPERVISED AND UNSUPERVISED LEARNING (ODL) (10 credits)<br/>DATA MINING AND MACHINE LEARNING II: BIG DATA AND UNSTRUCTURED DATA (ODL) (10 credits)<br/>LARGE-SCALE COMPUTING FOR DATA ANALYTICS (ODL) (10 credits) <br/>DATA ANALYTICS PROJECT (ODL) (60 credits) (MSc only)<br/><br/>**PgCert**<br/>Students studying for the PgCert only will take the following courses: <br/><br/>**Core Courses**<br/>SAMPLING FUNDAMENTALS<br/>STATISTICAL COMPUTING<br/>DATA SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS<br/>PREDICTIVE MODELLING (ODL)<br/>STATISTICS IN GOVERNMENT<br/><br/>**Optional Courses**<br/>ADVANCED PREDICTIVE MODELS (ODL)<br/>DATA MINING AND MACHINE LEARNING I: SUPERVISED AND UNSUPERVISED LEARNING (ODL)<br/>DATA MINING AND MACHINE LEARNING II: BIG DATA AND UNSTRUCTURED DATA (ODL)<br/><br/>As part of the framework agreement with the Office of National Statistics, learners sponsored by UK public sector bodies can also enrol for individual courses.