当今时代，对数据科学家的需求日益增长。数据科学是一个全新的研究领域，可以运用到多个行业中，比如健康，能源，金融，制造业，以及在政府。昆士兰大学的数据科学将成为澳洲首例把计算、高级统计、数学和商业知识，应用于工业、政府、社会和科学背景，且与数据科学的本质属性均衡，包括数据的伦理使用，数据科学的法律考虑，业务沟通，与相关的大数据工具和技术的实际经验，以及创造性和破坏性的思维应用到复杂的问题。这个专业的毕业生将学到有用的知识，以面对复杂的数据科学的挑战，并在未来的数据科学发展中发挥主导作用。
昆士兰大学数据科学专业入学要求
1.学术要求：
均分要求：985/211：75，双非：80
背景专业要求：本科相关专业，建议提供CV
相关专业不局限于：信息技术、计算机科学、统计学、数学、工程、物理、精算
2.语言要求：
雅思：6.5，单项6
托福：87，写作21，其他19
PTE：64，单项60
昆士兰大学数据科学专业课程
Part A（16 units）
DATA7001 2 Introduction to Data Science
DATA7002 2 Data Privacy: Ethics, Law and Technical Considerations
DATA7201 2 Advanced Data Analytics
DATA7202 2 Statistical Methods for Data Science
DATA7901 2 Data Science Capstone Project 1
DATA7703 2 Machine Learning
DATA7902 4 Data Science Capstone Project
Part B1（不超过10 units）
MATH7501 2 Mathematics for Data Science 1
MATH7502 2 Mathematics for Data Science 2
STAT7203 2 Applied Probability & Statistics
INFS79072 Advanced Database Systems
INFS79012 Database Principles
CSSE7030 2 Introduction to Software Engineering
Part B2（至少4 units）
INFS72052 Advanced Techniques for High Dimensional Data
INFS74102 Information Retrieval and Web Search
DATA7203 2 Computational Models for Data Science
INFS72032 Data Mining
MATH7232 2 Operations Research & Mathematical Planning
STAT7502 2 Advanced Statistics I
MATH7202 2 Advanced Topics in Operations Research
MATH7406 2 Control Theory
Part C
ACCT7101 2 Accounting
BINF6000 2 Concepts in Bioinformatics
BINF6001 2 Introduction to Proteins and Nucleic Acids
BINF7000 2 Advanced Bioinformatics
BINF7001 2 Advanced Genome Informatics
COMP7500 2 Advanced Algorithms & Data Structures
COMP7505 2 Algorithms & Data Structures
COMP7702 2 Artificial Intelligence
COSC7500 2 Numerical Methods in Computational Science
COSC7502 2 High-Performance Computing
COSC7504 2 Introduction to Computational Biology
CSSE7023 2 Advanced Software Engineering
DECO7110 2 Design Thinking
ECON7310 2 Elements of Econometrics
ECON7350 2 Applied Econometrics for Macroeconomics and Finance
ECON7390 2 Financial Econometrics
FINM7401 2 Finance
FINM7403 2 Portfolio Management
MATH7039 2 Financial Mathematics
MATH7049 2 Computation in Financial Mathematics
MATH7091 2 Financial Calculus
MKTG7501 2 Fundamentals of Marketing
MKTG7503 2 Consumer & Buyer Behaviour
MKTG7510 2 Market & Consumer Research
PUBH7600 2 Introduction to Epidemiology
STAT7301 2 Mathematical Statistics
STAT7303 2 Experimental Design
STAT7304 2 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes I
STAT7306 2 Statistical Analysis of Genetic Data
STAT7503 2 Advanced Statistics II
STAT7504 2 Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes I
STAT7505 2 Advanced Probability & Stochastic Processes II
