Higher Diploma in Data Science
The Higher Diploma in Data Science Programme is designed with reference to the needs of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry. The programme aims to provide students with comprehensive data science knowledge and integrated industry and profession-specific skills, together with the necessary competencies to enhance students' employability. Students must complete 63 units which normally require two years of full-time study.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Generic Skills Courses | 12 units |
| II) | Discipline Required Courses | 51 units |
| 63 units |
Requirements
| I. | Generic Skills Courses | 12 units |
| HDGS0301 English for Business | 3 units | |
| HDGS0303 Practical Chinese Writing* | 3 units | |
| HDGS0305 Personal Growth and Development | 3 units | |
| HDGS0306 Writing Academic English | 3 units | |
| * Non-Chinese speaking students can take CCLC1200 Elementary Chinese as an alternative Chinese Language course to meet the respective graduation requirements concerning the fulfilment of University Core and Generic Skills requirements. | ||
| II. | Discipline Required Courses | 51 units |
| HDDS1101 Introduction to Computing and Programming | 3 units | |
| HDDS1102 Introduction to Database and Big Data | 3 units | |
| HDDS1103 Object-oriented Programming | 3 units | |
| HDDS1104 Operating Systems and Networking | 3 units | |
| HDDS1201 Introduction to Data Science | 3 units | |
| HDDS1301 Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 3 units | |
| HDDS1501 Mathematics for Data Science | 3 units | |
| HDDS1502 Statistics for Data Science | 3 units | |
| HDDS1503 Introduction to Business | 3 units | |
| HDDS2101 Data Structures and Algorithms | 3 units | |
| HDDS2102 IT Professionalism | 3 units | |
| HDDS2201 Data and Visual Analytics | 3 units | |
| HDDS2302 Applied Deep Learning | 3 units | |
| HDDS2401 Cloud Services and Architectures | 3 units | |
| HDDS2402 Cybersecurity Essentials | 3 units | |
| HDDS2403 Applied Network and Data Security | 3 units | |
| HDDS2501 Application Development Project | 3 units | |
| 63 units |
