Master of Science in Computer Science
with Specialization in Data Science
Become a Data Scientist by mastering the skills to interpret data, formulate insights, and communicate your knowledge by applying machine learning, managing large data sets, and generating interesting visualisations.
Defer Tuition Until You're Hired, Pay While Employed
We Invest in You!
In Contech, we are transparent. We want to invest in you and reveal the best version of you. Start your career with a 30% tuition upfront and pay the rest when you land a high-paying job—if you don’t, you don’t have to pay. It’s that simple. So this is how we support our students.
Then 15% Of Income For 36 Months
Your payments will start after graduation for 36 periods, as long as you’re earning at least $30,000 per year, at a rate of 15% of your monthly income. Your total monthly payments are capped at $30,000, no matter how much you are making.
Upfront Payment with 4 Instalments
For those who want to make a payment at the beginning of the program with no income-based repayment, this option provides the chance in total of 4 instalments for your tuition payment deposited each at the beginning of the semester.
Master's Degree Program with Employability Focus
As data accumulates across broad sectors of industry and academia we see a need for data scientists equipped with skills to assist with data-based decision making. For example, businesses are using data to determine insurance coverage, to make marketing decisions, to offer recommendations to customers, and to provide more effective health care. A famous example from academia is the determination of the Higgs Boson from simulated data with machine learning methods.
Master of Science in Computer Science with Specialization in Data Science program covers basic and advanced essentials in statistical inference, machine learning, data visualization, data mining, and big data methods, all of which are key for a trained data scientist. In order to be selected for our program, we require a basic background in calculus, linear algebra, probability, computer programming, data structures, and algorithms. Our program is spread across 30 credits and contains projects involving big datasets, classification methods, variable selection, and deep learning to name a few.
Students will be taking 10 courses over a period of 1 year. Apart from core courses, Contech offers noncredit Personal Development & Employability courses to boost your hiring progress even before the graduation.
You will be actively participating into Practicum Programs where you will have a chance to use your skills working on challenging problems with actual data shared from sponsoring organizations. The Practicum spans seven months and culminates with an executive-level report and presentation to the employer organization.
APPLICATION PROCESS
APPLICATIONStep 1
Fill out the application form. It only takes a few minutes.
- Bachelor’s degree of Computer Sciences Or Other Bachelor’s degree with 2 years’ experience in Computer related industries.
- C.V. or Linkedin Account
- Proof for English Proficiency – See details here
SELECTIONStep 2
Our academic board will review your application, and you will be asked to submit the supporting documents. You might also be called for an interview for a final decision.
ENROLLMENTStep 3
Upon selection, you can complete your application process by paying the application and tuition fee and sign your enrollment agreement.
3 WAYS TO STUDY
Nomad World Tour
You as a Contech Nomad Student will take advantage of living and learning in four different world cities, San Francisco, New York, Berlin and Singapore (as a bonus, Bali vacation). In every 3 months, you travel to the next location with your classmates, stay together, meet with local tech communities and of course engage with local employers.
Being a Contech Nomad Students, you will enjoy
- Experiencing different cultures
- Meeting local employers
- Creating lifelong bond with your classmates
- Adapting nomad lifestyle
Online + Choose Your City
As a hybrid option, you are offered with 9 months of online study and 3 months of study in your choice of a city. Delivery of the program is structured online thus, you are typically required to attend lectures on four evenings per week and weekend workshops in format of online instruction, workshops, 1-1 mentoring and group case studies.
Being a Contech Hybrid Students, you will enjoy
- Flexible learning schedule
- Affordable educational opportunity
- Relocating to the city of interest for employment
- Graduating in the city of interest
100% Online
Contech offers 100% online part-time study option if you have responsibilities and can’t make a change in your life. Since the delivery of the program is structured online, you are typically required to attend lectures on four evenings per week and weekend workshops in format of online instruction, workshops, 1-1 mentoring and group case studies.
Being a Contech Online Student, you will enjoy
- Affordable educational opportunity
- Upskilling with practise based learning
- Flexible learning schedule
- Master’s degree credential
FACULTY MEMBERS
Shuguang Wang
Adjunct Professor
Araz Abbas Zadeh
Adjunct Professor
Atlas Khan
Adjunct Professor
Ashraf Darwish
Adjunct Professor
Farhad Ashgar
Adjunct Professor
Mu-Tor Flood
Adjunct Professor
Micah Gerelnyam
Adjunct Professor
Isaac Asiedu
Adjunct Professor
Your Data Science Skillset
Gain the skillset that the industry is looking for
Python Programming
Statistics
Machine Learning
Linear Algebra
Data Wrangling
Data Visualization
Data Intuition
Communication
Critical thinking
Data architecture
Risk analysis
Process improvement
Problem solving
Business intuition
A data scientist is the pinnacle rank in an analytics organization. Glassdoor has ranked data scientist first in the 25 Best Jobs for 2016, and good data scientists are scarce and in great demand. As a data scientist, you will be required to understand the business problem, design the analysis, collect and format the required data, apply algorithms or techniques using the correct tools, and finally make recommendations backed by data.
Without the expertise of professionals who turn cutting-edge technology into actionable insights, Big Data is nothing. Today, more and more organizations are opening up their doors to big data and unlocking its power—increasing the value of a data scientist who knows how to tease actionable insights out of gigabytes of data.
After completing the master’s degree, students will be able to:
- Identify the different phases required for the preparation of a good visualization: data collection, processing and representation.
- Design a data collection method that manages to map an activity, task or process into concrete data.
- Use existing techniques and tools for data mining, statistics and information visualization.
- Design and develop interactive, usable and eloquent visualizations.
- Design and develop a system to support decision making, contemplating the complete process: data collection, processing and visualization.
Graduates will have a job position as
- Business Intelligence Manager
- Senior analyst
- BI Consultant
- Big Data Analyst
- Business Intelligence Technician
- Senior BI Consultant
- Big Data Project Manager