Course summary

Computing and data analysis play an important role in almost all private and public sector employment. The need to understand how to use IT and data to inform business decisions has never been more important. This qualification introduces you to some basic skills in exploring and analysing data sets and solving practical problems using mathematics, statistics and computing. It forms a foundation for further study or employment in the fields of mathematics, statistics, computing or data science. Key features of the course

• Introduces mathematical, statistical and computing techniques.

• Covers basic use of a range of appropriate software, including writing code in the Python language.

• Provides experience of carrying out data analysis and commenting on the results.

• Builds a solid foundation on which to continue on to a higher qualification in data science or employment in a wide range of sectors, including finance, government, health, education, the voluntary sector, business and commerce.