The BSc in Data Science and Business Analytics prepares you for postgraduate opportunities and rewarding careers in data science, analytics and other growing fields. With Academic direction from the globally renowned London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) this degree enables students of various backgrounds to earn a world-class degree without relocating. This degree will also provide you with essential training in probability, statistics, mathematics and computing tools for the visualization and analysis of large datasets deriving valuable insights from data. The programme has a strong focus on methodology, but also on applications in finance and economics as well as in business, marketing and beyond. Developed in response to the clamorous demand for data scientists across every business area, these programmes equip students with the knowledge and skills to capture the potential of big data to deliver transformational solutions to real world problems.

Studying this programme, you will understand:

• develop competency in the application of statistical and machine learning techniques at a high level.
• provides a sound knowledge of the principles underlying standard applications of probability and statistics.
• provide practical skills of applied data science and business analytics to inform commercial and policy decisions.
• Methodologies to handle complex mathematical and statistical models in order to tackle real-world commercial or public policy problems in various disciplines.
• A variety of statistical software packages to conduct data analysis and draw conclusions and actionable insights from computer output.
• Applications of data science in finance, economics, business, marketing and beyond.