The Bachelor of Applied Science in Data Analytics with Honours (MQA/FA 12425) is developed in line with UMP's vision, mission and educational goals to be a distinguished Technological University. The three and half year programme is designed to produce highly skilled and competent graduates in the field of Data Science who are capable to gain insights of the data and make effective decisions using Data Science and Analytics skills. Data Science is a new exponentially growing field that consists of a set of tools and techniques, and requires an integrated skill set from statistics, mathematics, computer science and the use of current technology in computer software or programming language. The Data Science elements are part of the main pillars of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0). The Industrial Revolution gives birth to new emerging technologies which includes automation, digitalization and artificial intelligence that bring forward new challenges in data science with the discovery of information from large volumes of data.
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