GradDip Politics & Data Science

The GradDipPolitics and Data Science programme is organised around two streams of study. The first stream grounds students with backgrounds in political science and related social sciences in data science methods. The second stream is geared towards students with computer science or related technical backgrounds, teaching them about research design and theories in political science. Apart from the three core modules in the Social Science Background stream, students can select three modules that best fit their interest. Apart from the core module and the core optional module in the Technical Background stream, students select four modules that best fit their interest. These modules can either revolve around methods needed to study digital and digitised politics, such as programming and machine learning, quantitative text analysis, statistics, and experimental methods. Or they can be modules relating to comparative politics, international relations, political violence, political economy, and related fields that the School of Politics and International Relations has strengths in.