COSC2738 Practical Data Science (RMIT University): rated 3.8/5 overall across 4 reviews collected on RMIT Wall.
COSC2738 is a RMIT University course taught by the STEM College in Computing Technologies. This page brings together its handbook details and what RMIT students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 实用数据科学
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 12
Subject area: Computing Technologies
Faculty: STEM College
Level: Undergraduate
Handbook year: 2026
The course gives you a set of practical skills for handling data that comes in a variety of formats and sizes, such as texts, spatial and time series data. These skills cover the data analysis lifecycle from initial access and acquisition, modeling, transformation, integration, querying, application of statistical learning and data mining methods, and presentation of results.
COSC2738 has 4 scored reviews: overall 3.8/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.8/5).
On Reddit: "Not this year but I did complete it last year. İts a pretty easy subject. İf you're doing it this year and want to get a head start on it then İ recommend this Udemy course https://www.udemy.com/share/101txwAkoYc1xRTXQ=/. İts basically an intro to Python, anaconda and basic data…"
On Reddit: "The unit is a breeze. It's basically an introduction to Python."
The course panel on RMIT Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is COSC2738 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: overall 3.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COSC2738, and when is it offered?
A: COSC2738 is taught by the STEM College. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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