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Cursus: INFOMDSS
INFOMDSS
Data science and society
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeINFOMDSS
Studiepunten (EC)7,5
Cursusdoelen
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Understand the role of data science and its societal impact
  2. Recognise the knowledge discovery processes in applied data science
  3. Identify trends and developments in big data technologies
  4. Apply selected big data technologies to solve real-world problems
Inhoud
This is the introductory course for the Applied Data Science profile, the Applied Data Science postgraduate MSc programme, and the Business Informatics (MBI) programme. As such, it's primary objective is to inspire and introduce you to the emerging domain of Applied Data Science. . The following assignments are among the key parts of the course:
  • Book review: Explore data science and its societal impact
  • Mid-term e-exam on data engineering with Hadoop
  • End-term e-exam on data analytics with Spark
The graded deliverables generate the final course grade as follows:
  1. [A] Book review
  2. [B] Mid-term exam
  3. [C] End-term exam
  4. [D] Optional bonus for extraordinary participation/performance
Grade = [A]*0.10 + [B]*0.40 + [C]*0.50 + [D] 

NB: To qualify for the second chance exam, all grading components need to be at least 4.0, and component A needs to have been submitted within the allotted time. The 2nd chance exam is an extensive market survey report assignment.
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