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University of Warwick: Behavioral and Data Science

Institution University of Warwick
Department Psychology
Web http://www.warwick.ac.uk
Study type Taught

Summary

This course offers training in basic psychology, decision making, behavioural economics, and state of the art methods in data science and data analytics, focusing on statistical methods, machine learning, and data visualization.

Candidates will be able understand large-scale patterns in data with an eye to understanding the underlying factors driving human behaviour. This can be used to understand economics, politics, history, wellbeing, and many other large-scale patterns at national and international levels.

The typical candidate for this programme is one who already holds an undergraduate Honors degree in a quantitative subject including Psychology, Economics, Sociology, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, and Computer Science. Previous experience in behavioural science is not necessary, but students should have basic programming skills in at least one programming language.

MSc

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