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About the course
This Data Science major within Curtin’s Bachelor of Science builds practical skills for working with large datasets to support evidence-based decisions across industry and government. You start with foundations in programming and statistics, then progress to areas such as data mining, data security and computer simulation. The major emphasises analysing and visualising data, and communicating findings clearly to stakeholders at the bachelor level in data science. The programme builds programming, systems thinking, and data skills for technology-driven industries and startups.
Career outcome
This major prepares you for roles supporting data-driven decision-making as organisations increasingly rely on large datasets to identify trends and improve performance. Graduates may work as data scientists, data analysts, data engineers or business intelligence analysts, with opportunities also in areas like financial analysis and bioinformatics. Employment spans technology, banking and finance, mining and energy, agriculture and environment, transport and logistics, GIS, media, and health at the bachelor level in data science.
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