Online MSc Computer Science with Data Analytics at University of York

In one way it's good but in another way I'm finding BilalAshraf's comments from earlier are true - the way the material is presented is not friendly at all compared to some online resources for coding, not much explanation at all, even in the labs...

Yes I understand what you mean, however compared to other MSc courses I’ve been on (3 of them to say the least) the teaching on this one is eons better comparatively 😂. I think to get YouTube quality teaching you need to pay 28k to unis like imperial for their machine learning msc which imo is unfair but it seems to be the way education is nowadays for some reason.

Thanks for posting this - how have you found it completing the assignments and exams so far?

I have taken a part-time uni course in the past, that was aimed at people juggling work, however they had lots of annoying things like putting essay deadlines on Fridays, so that you couldn't finish them over weekends etc. that made it hard to complete - just wondering if this course has been put together a bit more thoughtfully than that!

Having completed module 1 already, I can say the assignments are relatively straightforward and if you follow the specification, you will probably get 70%. Quite a few have got 90%+ and some even 100%. Make sure you do relevant screenshots and they are labeled in your report, so it's obvious to the marker what is being shown. Coding style and comments are a bit more subjective. I suspect they decide which one is the best and how many marks it is worth and then use that as a benchmark for everyone else. I probably shouldn't be giving this information away given everyone I'm with only got feedback after all the assignments were handed in, so had no chance to improve the later assignments.

How is the second module going by the way?

Ed could you give us any heads up on what we can practice before the module starts - some of us have zero experience and are worried!Thanks.

The bad news is the workload steps up a gear or 2. It will be a struggle for those who have zero experience to keep up.

The module is graded on a final assignment. There are formatives that need to be done. Hopefully the feedback will be timely so that improvements can be made, before the final submission.

Hi ancient_queen,What free online programming courses have you done, are they focused on teaching Java?

Deadlines are on Mondays for this course!

I’ve not actually done the exam yet but for the assignments the answers are pretty much in the reading and they are always due on Monday which means that you have the weekend for them

Is anyone else struggling to keep up with the content? I can get by, but I feel like I don't have a deep understanding of anything yet because a) it moves so fast and b) there aren't enough hours in the week, & I only work part-time!

Is anyone else struggling to keep up with the content? I can get by, but I feel like I don't have a deep understanding of anything yet because a) it moves so fast and b) there aren't enough hours in the week, & I only work part-time!

Can anyone help me answer the question as to what a data scientist is, and do they do machine learning? ive read a lot of things saying that they explore/collect the data, they then model the data, and visualise the results. without the mentioning of machine learning. Where would machine learning fall into those three steps.

Can anyone help me answer the question as to what a data scientist is, and do they do machine learning? ive read a lot of things saying that they explore/collect the data, they then model the data, and visualise the results. without the mentioning of machine learning. Where would machine learning fall into those three steps.