School Of Computer, Data And Mathematical SciencesBig DataWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 301046.2
Discipline: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
It is expected that students enrolled in this unit should have basic programming skills in any programming language and working knowledge in elementary probability and statistics, including the concepts of random variables, basic probability distributions, expectations, mean and variance.
About this Unit
"Big data" is the label for the ever-increasing gigantic amount of data with which humanity has to cope. The availability of data and the development of cloud computing architectures to process and analyse these data have made data analytics a central tool in our endeavours. This unit will introduce students to the realm of “big data", covering the important principles and technologies of retrieving, processing and managing massive real-world data sets. It is designed to provide the basic techniques required by any discipline that needs to make sense out of the growing amount of data, and to equip students with the knowledge and key set of skills set to be competitive in the growing job market in the analytics field.
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| 2761.5 | Master of Business Administration | CONTINUING |
| 2761.6 | Master of Business Administration | CURRENT |
| 3698.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Advanced) | CONTINUING |
| 3698.4 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Advanced) | CURRENT |
| 3699.3 | Master of Information and Communications Technology | CONTINUING |
| 3699.4 | Master of Information and Communications Technology | CURRENT |
| 3700.2 | Graduate Diploma in Information and Communications Technology | CURRENT |
| 3702.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Research) | CONTINUING |
| 3735.1 | Master of Data Science | CONTINUING |
| 3735.2 | Master of Data Science | CURRENT |
| 3750.1 | Graduate Diploma in Data Science | CONTINUING |
| 3750.2 | Graduate Diploma in Data Science | CURRENT |
| 3751.1 | Graduate Certificate in Data Science | CURRENT |
| 3752.1 | Master of Project Management | CONTINUING |
| 3752.2 | Master of Project Management | CONTINUING |
| 3752.3 | Master of Project Management | CONTINUING |
| 3752.4 | Master of Project Management | CURRENT |
| 3760.1 | Graduate Diploma in Project Management (exit only) | CONTINUING |
| 3760.2 | Graduate Diploma in Project Management (exit only) | CONTINUING |
| 3765.1 | Master of Artificial Intelligence | CURRENT |
| 3766.1 | Graduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence (Exit only) | CURRENT |
| 3767.1 | Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (Exit only) | CURRENT |
| 3775.1 | Graduate Diploma in Information Governance | CURRENT |
| 3779.1 | Master of Information Governance | CURRENT |
| 3780.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology/Master of Data Science | CURRENT |
| 3785.1 | Graduate Certificate in Big Data | CURRENT |
| 3786.1 | Graduate Diploma in Project Management | CURRENT |
| MICTRES.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Research) | CURRENT |
Specialisations
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| A3001.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Advanced) Pathway B - 2 years | CONTINUING |
| A3002.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Advanced) Pathway C - 2 years | CONTINUING |
| A3016.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Research) Pathway A - 2.5 yr program | CONTINUING |
| A3018.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Research) Pathway C - 2 year program | CONTINUING |
| A3025.1 | Graduate Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Pathway A - 1.5 years | CURRENT |
| A3026.1 | Graduate Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Pathway B - 1 year | CURRENT |
| A3027.1 | Graduate Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Pathway C - 1 year | CURRENT |
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| A3035.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology Pathway B - 1.5 years | CONTINUING |
| A3036.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology Pathway C - 1.5 years | CONTINUING |
| A3037.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Advanced) Pathway A - 2.5 years | CURRENT |
| A3038.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Advanced) Pathway B - 2 year program | CURRENT |
| A3039.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Advanced) Pathway C - 2 years | CURRENT |
| A3040.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology Pathway A - 2 years | CURRENT |
| A3041.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology Pathway B - 1.5 years | CURRENT |
| A3042.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology Pathway C - 1.5 years | CURRENT |
| A3043.1 | Master of Project Management - Pathway A - Research | CURRENT |
| A3044.1 | Master of Project Management - Pathway B - Coursework | CURRENT |
| A3045.1 | Master of Project Management - Pathway C - Work Placement | CURRENT |
| A3046.1 | Master of Communications Technology/Master of Data Science - Pathway A - 3 year program | CURRENT |
| A3047.1 | Master of Info and Com Technology/Master of Data Sci - Pathway B - 2.5 Year program | CURRENT |
| A3048.1 | Master of Communications Technology/Master of Data Science - Pathway C -2.5 yr program | CURRENT |
| SP2018.1 | Information and Communications Technology | CURRENT |
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| ST3054.1 | Distributed Computing | CURRENT |
| ST3059.1 | Information Technology | CURRENT |
| ST3083.1 | Cloud and Distributed Computing | CURRENT |