Data Science Essentials

Duration:
2 Months | Online Live
Next Intake:
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Part-time Certificate
Beginner
Real In-demand
Employability Skills
Exciting Global
Tech Career Pathways 
A Syllabus Co-created with Seasoned Industry Practitioners

Understanding the language of Data Science

In today’s digital world, we are swamped with information from sensors, digital images, streaming videos, satellite, medical imagery, and more.

In Forward School’s Data Science Essentials, you’ll devise ways to sift through this mountain of data and make sense of it.

A beginner-friendly part-time course, you’ll learn to code in Python and explore various key statistical concepts which are crucial for aspiring Data Scientists.

Throughout the 2 months, students are expected to be able to perform data collection, data analysis and statistical modelling.

At the program’s end, you’ll be ready for a huge range of career opportunities. Our graduates are putting their skills to work in areas as diverse as medicine, manufacturing, business and education. 

What you'll learn.
  • Python Programming Advanced
  • Data Mining and Web Scraping with BeautifulSoup and Selenium
  • Data Visualization with NumPy and Pandas
  • Data Exploration using Jupyter Notebooks
  • Statistical Modelling
  • Linear Regression
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What will you build?
Example of projects you'll work on in this program.
Predictive Analysis for Housing Prices

Building a Linear Regression Model for predicting house prices.

Exploratory Data Analysis

Explore the New York City Taxi Trips dataset to learn to summarize, visualize and discover defining characteristics of the datasets.

Statistical Analysis

Learn to apply statistical analysis methods on a dataset of your choice to uncover descriptive and inferential statistics about it.

What can you do with our Certificate in Data Science?

Graduates often pursue careers in data analytics and business intelligence, consulting, and more. They commonly work for financial institutions, technology companies, and software corporations.

Some of the roles include:

  • Data scientist
  • Risk management intern
  • Developer
  • Software engineering intern
  • Reporting analyst
  • Project manager
  • Enterprise analyst
  • QA analyst
Accreditation & Degree Pathways
Direct Entry Partners
Wawasan Open University
Asia Pacific University
PSB Academy
APEL Partners
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Dates & Costs
Duration:
2 Months | Online Live
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Schedule:
9 AM to 4 PM | Weekends
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Payment details:
  • Full Tuition Fee: RM 6,000
  • Monthly Instalment: Applicable with credit card payments
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