Course Overview

There is an established strong market demand for suitably skilled data scientists and data science skills are increasingly being sought across the sectors, particularly by the finance and accounting industries, supermarkets, online retailers such as Amazon, and the NHS. This Data Science course has been developed with partner employers, including IBM, the Met Office, South West Water, Black Swan and Oxygen House and has been designed to deliver skills that are most valued by employers. Modules will use the employers’ methods, platforms, software and data, to ensure that they are fully reflective of workplace practice. Throughout your studies you will conduct individual and group projects using real world data sets.

General Eligibility

A levels: AAA-AAB IB: 36/666-34/665 BTEC: DDD Contextual offers A-Level: ABB-BBB IB: 32/655-30/555 BTEC: DDM

Part Time Work Details

Apprentices will need to be employed by your organization for a minimum of 30 hours per week. Your organization will also need to commit to sponsoring apprentices to complete this qualification.

Language Requirement

• IELTS and IELTS Indicator (International English Language Testing System – academic version) 6.5 and no less than 6.0 in the writing section and no less than 5.5 in any other section TOEFL iBT and TOEFL iBT Home Edition and TOEFL iBT Paper Edition 90 with minimum scores of 21 for writing, 21 for listening, 22 for reading and 23 for speaking.