Statistics and Data Science (Online) P.Grad.Cert.

Program Overview

Trinity College Dublin's Statistics and Data Science (Online) P.Grad.Cert. Delivered fully online over three years, the program consists of a Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma Top up, and Masters Top up, offering flexibility for continuous or interrupted study. Graduates gain practical skills in statistics and data science, enhancing their career prospects in fields where data analysis is crucial.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Statistics and Data Science (Online) P.Grad.Cert. program at Trinity College Dublin is a part-time course delivered fully online over three years and consisting of three component courses: a Postgraduate Certificate in year 1, a Postgraduate Diploma Top up in year 2, and Masters top up in year 3. These can be taken on a continuous basis or with interruption to the student’s course of study. The program provides a broad introduction to the statistical ideas and methods relevant to data gathering and analysis in a wide variety of research areas as well as business and administration. The intention is to provide students with a practical grasp of statistics based on a sound knowledge of the underlying ideas and concepts. To this end, all the material is presented in the context of practical examples from a wide range of applications.

Outline:

Postgraduate Certificate

• Introduction to statistical concepts and methods
• Implementing statistical methods in R
• Regression
• Foundations of data science 1

Postgraduate Diploma (top up)

• Foundations of data science 2
• Advanced linear models 1
• Introduction to experimental design
• Advanced linear models 2
• Time series
• Multivariate analysis

Masters (top up)

Careers:

Graduates of the program should be well placed to apply the ideas and methods to which they have been introduced in their own work. The course is often taken as continuing professional development for people who need statistics to advance their career, or to move into a career where data analysis is an important aspect. Completion of the Diploma or Masters course offers the opportunity to move to data analysis careers or a a more technical data science programme.

Other:

• The program is delivered fully online.
• The program is part-time and can be completed in three years.
• The program is open to graduates of disciplines, other than statistics, who want to develop and deepen their knowledge of statistical methods for solving problems involving data arising in business and industry, in public service agencies or in research.