Program name
Executive Post Graduate Programme in
Data Science and
Machine Learning
Contents
About upGrad 2
Why Data Science and Machine Learning? 3
Why University of Maryland? 4
Program Highlights 5
Executive Post Graduate Programme in Data Science 6
& Machine Learning from Maryland
Key Learning Outcomes 7
Academic & Industry Expertise at Maryland 8
Curriculum 9
Capstone Projects 14
upGrad Learning Experience 15
Meet the class 17
Career Support 18
Program Details 19
ABOUT
UPGRAD
upGrad has delivered over 20 million hours of learning, delivering programs by
collaborating with universities across the world including Duke CE, IIT Madras, IIIT
Bangalore, Deakin Business School and University of Maryland among others. We
have successfully impacted 2M+ learners from 85+ countries in 6 years of our
existence.
Online education is a fundamental disruption that will have a far-reaching impact.
upGrad was founded taking this into consideration. upGrad is an online education
platform to help individuals develop their professional potential in the most engaging
learning environment. Since inception, upGrad is focused on helping to work
professionals in their bid to learn, grow and move up in their career through a wide
range of programs designed to improve their expertise.
Our research has consistently revealed that the greatest differentiator for
professionals looking to progress into a position of expertise and eminence in their
domain is a continuous education. As they move into positions of influence, senior
management professionals are required to bring in-depth knowledge of key business
theories along with the executional aptitude that they have honed and perfected in the
course of their careers.
As the ability to partake in the academic rigours of business education becomes
limited due to the demands of work and life, professionals often find themselves in the
position of having to treat their continuing education as a burden which comes in the
way of their professional performance. Through its association with the University of
Maryland, upGrad endeavours to facilitate continuing education for senior
professionals without impeding their career journeys.
Our aim is simple:
We strive to create
high-impact, on-campus
hands-on experiences that
prepare students for
meaningful and productive
careers.
Ronnie Screwvala
Co-founder & Executive Chairman
2.
WHY DATA SCIENCE AND
MACHINE LEARNING?
Top skills in the 21st century
Today, from regional offices to the boardroom - data drives decisions. So, data science
graduates are directly involved in the highest levels of the corporate decision-making
process. Data Science is one of the most in-demand sectors globally for 2021 and The
United States is the largest hub for data analysts. Every industry, be it finance, retail,
healthcare or information technology, has opened its doors for data science and
analytics professionals. According to a report shared by the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, data science expertise will drive a 27.9% rise in employment by 2026.
Business analytics is all about uncovering insights from raw data and using it to
influence business decisions positively. When companies can analyze their past
performances, they get to identify missed opportunities and subpar strategies.
The potential of data science is not limited to identifying opportunities to boost
decision-making and operational efficiency. Companies can use analytics to conduct
market and competitor research to find out untapped opportunities such as new
markets, new customer segments, new product ideas, etc. As new doors open, the
potential to grow and earn more profits increases manifold. As an increasing number
of organizations realize the potential of data backed by different data science
technologies, the demand for skilled professionals is also rising. The global data
science market continues to grow steadily as we speak, indicating that there is a
rapidly growing demand for certified machine learning experts. In fact, business
analysis ranked as one of the most demanding skills of 2019. Unfortunately, the
demand far exceeds their supply, and while this is bad news for companies, it is great
for aspirants who are looking to build a career in Data and Machine Learning.
$119,702 28% growth
is the average base salary of is expected in Data Science
a Data Scientist in the U.S. jobs starting now through
2026 as per a report from the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Source: Indeed.com I Forbes.com I U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
3.
WHY UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND?
The University of Maryland, College Park is a flagship state university and one of the
nation's preeminent public research universities. A global leader in research,
entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 40,700 students,
14,000 faculty and staff, and nearly 400,000 alumni all dedicated to the pursuit of
Fearless Ideas. Located just outside Washington, D.C., they aspire to discover and share
new knowledge every day through their renowned research enterprise and programs in
academics, the arts and athletics. And they are committed to social entrepreneurship as
the US's first “Do Good” campus.
Our Mission
The University is committed to being a preeminent national centre for research and for
graduate education, and the institution of choice for young working professionals to
sharpen their decision-making skills to make a real impact in the workplace and stand
out to employers.
4.
PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS
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offers state of the art a successful career graduate program
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learning and career
outcomes
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Experience through upGrad Advantage
Learn the latest skills Alumni Base Gain an edge over
through real-world Connect with over your peers through a
case studies in data 2,00,000 alumni trusted, century-old
science and across the world brand, cutting-edge
productionizing including luminaries American pedagogy
business solutions. in sciences, arts and and best-in-class
media. curriculum.
5.
EXECUTIVE POST GRADUATE
PROGRAMME IN DATA SCIENCE &
MACHINE LEARNING
Executive Post Graduate Programme in DS & ML with University of
Maryland is one of the most advanced certificates available to those in
the field of business.
Format
Online (Recorded Video Lectures + Interactive Mentored Learning)
Learning Support
Dedicated Program Manager + Industry Mentor
Time Commitment
10-12 Hours (per week)
Duration
54 Weeks
Projects
8 Assignments & 1 Capstone project
6.
KEY LEARNING
OUTCOMES
Develop your knowledge of the most popular analytics tools and
technologies.
Develop the capacity to use analytics and data science to solve
business problems on your own.
Learn about Data Science uses and ramifications in various Industries
like BFSI, Retail, E-commerce and Healthcare.
Learn how to extract key business insights from data and convey them
to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
Create models that forecast future trends and utilise them to guide
business decisions.
Apply the cutting edge ML algorithms to develop solutions for
real-life business problems.
Design the AI strategy for your vertical and evaluate the various
factors involved in its implementation.
7.
LEARN FROM BEST OF
ACADEMIA
University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business Faculty
Anil Gupta PK Kannan Kislaya Prasad
Michael D. Dingman Chair in Associate Dean for Strategic Research Professor;
Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Initiatives; Academic Director, Center for
DBA, Harvard University; Dean's Chair in Marketing Science; Global Business;
Management and Organization PhD in Management, Purdue PhD, Syracuse University;
University; Decision, Operations and
Marketing Information Technologies
John Bono Lauren Rhue Kunpeng Zhang
Associate Clinical Professor Assistant Professor of Information Assistant Professor
Department of Decision, Systems PhD, Stern School of Ph.D., Northwestern University
Operations & Information Business, New York University Decision, Operations and
Technologies; Decision, Operations and Information Technologies
PhD in Information Systems, Information Technologies
Nova Southeastern University
Margrét Bjarnadóttir
Associate Professor
Ph.D., MIT
Decision, Operations and
Information Technologies
Note: Faculty is subject to change at university discretion.
8.
CURRICULUM
Preparatory Course
• Data Analysis in Excel
This module, taught by one of the most renowned data scientists in the country (S. Anand,
CEO, Gramener), will help you gain a near-professional expertise in Excel.
Course: Data Science Toolkit
• Introduction to Program- Mayank's video
• Introduction to DS Landscape
Gain an overview of the roles and skill set required in the data science space. Learn the
framework used to apply data-driven solutions to solve business problems.
• Python Programming Essentials I - Variables, Expressions,
and Control Statements
Build a foundation for the most in-demand programming language of the 21st century.
• Python Programming Essentials II - Functions and Data Structures
Learn to apply different data structures such as lists, tuples, and dictionaries to solve different
problems. Learn how to use inbuilt functions as well as custom functions to accomplish the
task at hand.
• Python Libraries for Data Science - NumPy
Learn to use one of the most important Python libraries, NumPy. Learn to use NumPy in
numerical operations in data analysis.
• Python Libraries for Data Science - Pandas
Expand your knowledge of Python by adding Pandas to your programming arsenal. Pandas is
used for data manipulation and analysis. It offers data structures and operations for
manipulating numerical tables and time series.
9.
• Python Assignment (2 Weeks)
Apply your knowledge of Python and write a code to solve a real-life business problem.
• Python Assignment (2 Weeks)
• Data Analysis using SQL
Learn the fundamentals of database, data analysis, and extracting information from RDBMS
using the structured query language (SQL).
• Practical Data Considerations: Data Cleaning and Preparation
Learn the techniques of cleaning different types of data and prepare it for further analysis and
modeling.
• Course Project- Python
Apply your knowledge of course 1 to solve a real-life business problem.
Buffer
Course: Statistical Analysis & Visualisation
• Exploratory Data Analysis
Learn how to find and analyze the patterns in data to draw actionable business insights.
• Visualisation in Python
Humans are visual learners; hence, no task related to data is complete without visualization.
Learn to plot and interpret various graphs in Python and observe how they make data
analysis and insight generation easy.
• Visualisation using Tableau
Learn advanced visualization techniques using the most in-demand visualization tool in the
industry.
• Data Storytelling
Learn how to effectively strategize, communicate, and fine-tune your data analysis projects.
Understand how to optimally present your findings to technical and non-technical
stakeholders and upgrade your storytelling skills.
10.
• Visualisation and Storytelling Assignment
Apply your knowledge of Visualisation and storytelling to solve a real-life business problem.
• Inferential Statistics
Build a strong statistical foundation and learn how to infer insights from a large population by
using a small sample.
• Hypothesis Testing
Understand how to formulate and generate insights about the population from a sample by
applying different hypothesis tests.
• Designing Business Experiments
Identify business metrics and design business experiments to create various hypotheses to
improve the metrics and test them in a practical setup so as to draw actionable insights.
• Course Project: Statistics
Use the power of statistics to solve a real-world business problem.
Buffer
Course: Machine Learning
• Introduction to Linear Regression in Explanatory & Inferencing Setting
• Linear Regression in a Predictive Setting
Venture into the machine learning community by learning how one variable can be predicted
using several other variables by using multiple linear regression models.
• Introduction to Classification: Logistic Regression
Learn fundamentals of logistic regression, which is a binary classification technique.
11.
• Evaluation Methods in Classification Models
Different business problems require optimization of different business metrics. Learn how to
correlate these business metrics to the different evaluation metrics used for classification
models.
• Model Selection and Practical Consideration Around
Modelling + KNN
Learn the pros and cons of simple and complex models and the different methods for
quantifying model complexity, alongwith regularization and cross-validation. Learn one of the
most basic machine learning models, KNN, which can be used for both classification and
regression tasks.
• Decision Tree Models
Learn how the human decision-making process can be replicated using a decision tree and
other powerful ensemble algorithms.
• Assignment
Use the machine learning techniques covered until now to solve a real-world business
problem.
• Unsupervised Learning: Clustering
Learn how to use K-means clustering, hierarchical clustering, and others, when you have no
predefined labels to group data points into different clusters.
Capstone 1
• Capstone 1
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12.
Course: Advanced Machine Learning + Business Strategy
• Introduction to Ensemble Models: Random Forest & Boosting
• Unsupervised Learning: Association Rules Mining (Market Basket Analysis)
• Introduction to Deep Learning
Learn the most sophisticated and cutting-edge technique in machine learning - Artificial
Neural Networks (ANN).
• Classification and Regression Models Using Neural Networks
Harness the power of Artificial Neural Networks to solve regression and classification
problems.
• Introduction to Convolutional Neural Networks
Learn the basics of Convolutional Neural Networks and apply it to computer vision tasks such
as detecting anomalies in chest X-ray scans, vehicle detection and classification, among many
others.
• Introduction to Natural Language Processing
Learn the industry applications of NLP, to analyze a text corpus to generate insights, and the
steps to perform sentiment analysis on customer reviews after performing feature
engineering.
• Modelling on Text Data
Learn the applications of NLP along with machine learning and deep learning models to solve
business problems.
• Assignment
Use your knowledge of machine learning techniques to solve a real-world business problem.
• Framework to AI and Business Strategy
Understand the business impact of data science and machine learning and learn a framework
for building the AI and ML strategy for any business.
13.
• Executing AI Strategy
Learn to identify and prioritize data science projects on the basis various business and model
metrics and learn to integrate the data projects with the enterprise architecture.
Buffer
Course: Advanced Machine Learning II
• Advanced Python Programming
Take your Python skills to next level by solving logical problems using advanced algorithms
in Python.
• Advanced SQL
Apply advanced SQL concepts like windowing and procedures to derive insights from data
and answer pertinent business questions.
• Introduction to Time Series
In this module, you will learn how to analyse and forecast the data that varies with time.
• Recommender Systems
Learn how companies use machine learning to recommend products based on user
preferences and interactions.
• DL in Tf & Optimization (Optional)
Learn how to optimize Neural Networks in Tensorflow to reduce complexity and improve
performance.
• RNN
Ever wondered what goes behind machine translation, sentiment analysis, speech
recognition? Learn how RNN helps in these areas having sequential data like text, speech,
videos, and a lot more.
13.
• Applications in CV
Learn the applications Computer Vision tasks like detecting anomalies in chest X-Ray scans
and vehicle detection.
• Assignment
Use your knowledge of advanced machine learning techniques to solve a real-world business
problem.
Capstone 2
• Capstone 2
Disclaimer: Program curriculum is subject to change basis inputs from the institute and experts. Please refer to the website for update
details, or speak to our Admission Counsellors.
13.
CAPSTONE
PROJECTS
Learn through real-life industry projects
across various industries that have
great applications of data science and
machine learning
Benefit by learning in-person with expert
mentors & faculties
Learn how to apply data science and
machine learning concepts through this
exciting capstone project spanning 2 weeks
14.
UPGRAD
LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Student support team & upGrad buddy
Weekly real-time doubt clearing sessions
Live discussion forum for peer-to-peer doubt
resolution monitored by technical experts
Peer-to-peer networking opportunities
with an alumni pool of 10,000+
Coaching
Learn through 20+ industry-driven case
studies
Access to the program for up to 3 years
Multiple case studies from various
domains like banking, finance, health-
care, retail, media and manufacturing
among others to choose from
Case Studies
Multiple live interactive sessions with industry
experts, 30+ personalized group mentorship
sessions and a dedicated student support
team for proactive mentoring
Mentorship
15.
In addition to recorded lectures by world
class faculty, there'll be 100+ hours of live
sessions from industry experts to help with
conceptual walkthroughs, doubt resolution,
career guidance and real-life case studies
Teaching assistant hours every week to
Format supplement your learning so that your
learning never halts
Excel in your personal & professional life with
upGrad’s soft skills program
Study three fundamental skills - Interview & job
search, corporate and business,
communication and problem solving
Career Essentials Get access to 40+ learner hours of soft skills
Soft Skills Program content delivered by the best faculty &
industry experts
Get an industry-first understanding of the
applications of Data Science and Machine
Learning. Choose a capstone project from
a domain of your choice.
Capstone Projects
Understand the practical problems in
scalability, strategy and solution building
through 20 Masterclasses by industry
experts in leadership positions of top
data-driven organizations and
Master Class Maryland Faculty
16.
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Meet
MEET THEthe
CLASS
Class
INDUSTRIES OUR STUDENTS COME FROM
5% Healthcare
5% E-Commerce
1% Telecom
57% IT
1% Finance
15% Other
1% Consulting
1% Education
3% Retail
1% Manufacturing
10% BFSI
WORK EXPERIENCE 15% 6.1-9 years
21% 3.1-6 years
33% 0-3 years 11% 9.1-12 years
20% +12.1 years
Note: This data is representative in nature
17.
CAREER
SUPPORT
With upGrad's 360° career support, the job you want is just within reach.
Job Opportunities Portal
Access to job opportunities portal with openings in the
industry of your choice
Personalised Industry Mentorship
Get mentored by an experienced data science expert
and receive personalised feedback with 6 sessions
for better career guidance
Resume Review
Obtain specific, personalized inputs on
your resume structure and content
Live Profile Building Workshops
Be it your resume, GitHub or Kaggle, build your profile
with hands-on sessions
Post Program Career Bootcamp
Get access to post-program Career Bootcamp, a
series of 10+ live sessions to help you better prepare
for interviews
18.
PROGRAM
DETAILS
DURATION PROGRAM START DATE
54 weeks Please visit our website for more details
PROGRAM FEES TIME COMMITMENT
INR 2,50,000 (Inclusive Taxes) 10 - 12 Hrs./week
ELIGIBILITY
The program design and curriculum assumes an undergraduate education has been earned by
the learner. High school graduates/ Associate degree holders can pursue this program.
ADMISSION PROCESS
Step 1: Take the test Step 2: Get shortlisted and Step 3: Block your seat
Complete and submit your receive your offer letter Upon receiving the offer
online application form Our admissions team will letter you can proceed
and complete the short review your details. An confirm your candidature
15 minute test for the offer letter will be sent to to the program by paying a
admission committee to you if you qualify for the minimum block amount of
assess your candidature. program. INR 25,000.
For any queries, reach us on the following numbers:
1800 210 2020 - India (We are available 24*7)
+1 (209) 850-4592 - North and South America
+44 1224 980039 - Europe, Middle East and Africa
+65-3158-4368 - Asia Pacific except India
[email protected]Disclaimer: Program fee and payment options are subject to change. Please refer to the website for updated details or speak to
our admission counsellor.
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