CURRICULUM M.Sc.

DATA SCIENCE
myStudies, 120 ECTS Credits
Model 1: Programme Start October Model 2: Programme Start April
Month Courses Courses

Oct
Nov Data Science Use Case and Evaluation Programming with Python

Dec
Jan
Software Engineering for Data
Feb Advanced Mathematics Project: Data Science Use Case*
Intensive Sciences* ☑
Mar
Apr Cyber Security and Data Here you see the order in which you study
Advanced Statistics* Big Data Technologies Data Science Use Case and Evaluation Programming with Python your courses in presence depending on
Protection
May your personal study start in October or
Jun Lecture-Free Period April. Each semester consists of two
blocks. In each block, you attend classes
Jul Seminar: Data Science and Software Engineering for Data on campus for usually three courses to
Machine Learning*1 Deep Learning*1 Advanced Mathematics Project: Data Science Use Case*
Society Intensive Sciences* deepen the content in direct exchange
Aug
with your fellow students and lecturers.
Sep Lecture-Free Period

Oct You have lecture-free periods in both

Cyber Security and Data June and September, which you can
Nov Case Study: Model Engineering* Seminar: Current Topics in Data Science Advanced Statistics* Big Data Technologies
Protection spend reviewing and preparing for
Dec exams. Attending the courses on campus
is mandatory and will be verified due to
Jan Visa regulations (not valid for DACH
Elective A Elective A Seminar: Data Science and
Feb Course a Course b Society
Machine Learning*1 Deep Learning*1 students).

Mar Each block concludes with a two-week

Apr Elective B Elective B exam preparation phase. You can defer
Case Study: Model Engineering* Seminar: Current Topics in Data Science those exams to a later date that you do
Course c Course d
May not want to take during this period. This
Jun Lecture-Free Period way, your exam phases are always spread
evenly over the year. Exceptions to this
Jul Elective A Elective A
are courses that count as admission
Master Thesis
Course a Course b
Aug requirements for other courses.

Sep Lecture-Free Period

Oct
Elective B Elective B
Nov Course c Course d ☑
Dec
Attention: Attendance times may vary
Jan
slightly depending on public holidays and
Feb Master Thesis the federal state holidays the campus is
located in.
Mar
Note: You can already start with your
Elective A~ Elective B~ thesis earlier than the designated block,
Data Science Specialist Management Applied Autonomous Driving once you have met the minumum
a) Manufacturing Methods Industry 4.0 c) Leadership c) Architectures of Self-Driving Vehicles amount of credit points required to enter.
b) Project: Data Science for Industry 4.0* d) Strategic Management d) Case Study: Localization, Motion Planning & Sensor Fusion
Technical Project Lead Sales, Pricing and Brand Management Self Learning Systems ~ Electives: Choose one module with two
a) IT Project Management c) Global Brand Management c) Reinforcement Learning* courses from the Elective A and one
b) Project: Technical Project Planning* d) Sales and Pricing d) Inference and Causality* module from the Elective B.
Data Engineer Consumer Behaviour and Research Industrial Automation and Internet of Things
a) Data Engineering c) International Consumer Behavior c) Industrial Automation Note: Those elective modules where the
b) Project: Data Engineering* d) Applied Marketing Research d) Internet of Things minimum number of participants is not
Business Analyst Corporate Finance AI and Mastering AI Prompting reached will only be offered online
a) Business Intelligence I c) Corporate Finance c) Artificial Intelligence (distance learning). However, IU ensures
b) Project: Business Intelligence* d) Advanced Corporate Finance d) Project: AI Excellence with Creative Prompting Techniques that there are always electives on
Internship** campus.
Innovate and Change
c) Change Management
d) Innovation and Entrepreneurship ** By choosing the elective "Internship" you cannot qualify for the dual
Cognitive Computing degree with LSBU. ☑
c) NLP and Computer Vision* * This course comes with admissions
d) Advanced NLP and Computer Vision* requirements. Please consult the module
handbook for more information.

1 These courses take place one after

another within the same quarter.

Course Information
Module Course Code Course ECTS Credits Type of Exam
Data Science DLMBDSA01 Data Science 5 Exam
Use Case and Evaluation DLMDSUCE01 Use Case and Evaluation 5 Oral Assignment
Programming with Python DLMDSPWP01 Programming with Python 5 Written Assessment: Written Assignment
Advanced Mathematics DLMDSAM01 Advanced Mathematics 5 Exam
Project: Data Science Use Case* DLMDSPDSUC01 Project: Data Science Use Case* 5 Portfolio
Software Engineering for Data Intensive Sciences* DLMDSSEDIS01 Software Engineering for Data Intensive Sciences* 5 Oral Assignment
Advanced Statistics* DLMDSAS01 Advanced Statistics* 5 Advanced Workbook
Big Data Technologies DLMDSBDT01 Big Data Technologies 5 Oral Assignment
Cyber Security and Data Protection DLMCSITSDP01 Cyber Security and Data Protection 5 Oral Assignment
Seminar: Data Science and Society DLMDSSDSS01 Seminar: Data Science and Society 5 Written Assessment: Research Essay
Machine Learning* DLMDSML01 Machine Learning* 5 Exam
Deep Learning* DLMDSDL01 Deep Learning* 5 Oral Assignment
Case Study: Model Engineering* DLMDSME01 Case Study: Model Engineering* 5 Written Assessment: Case Study
Seminar: Current Topics in Data Science DLMDSSCTDS01 Seminar: Current Topics in Data Science 5 Written Assessment: Research Essay
ELECTIVE A~ e.g. Business Analyst 10
ELECTIVE B~ e.g. Applied Autonomous Driving 10
Master Thesis Master Thesis 27 Master Thesis
Thesis Defense 3 Presentation: Colloquium