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1. Course structure & learning journey

2. Learning elements
3. Academic calendar walk through
4. Projects
5. Grading and assessment
6. Career readiness
7. Student support
A Truly Global Cohort
Program Structure & Designed in partnership with leading industry
experts and academia from IIITB + LJMU, carrying
the perfect blend of statistics, technical and
Learning Journey business knowledge

Welcome to the Communicatio Ace Your Job

Program - Data n Essentials Problem Search and
Science Basics For Data Solving Interview Like
Scientists a Pro

Data Science Intro to

Python for DS Basics of SQL
Preparatory Python
Course
Program Structure &
Learning Journey
BOOTCAMP

25 Weeks

12 Weeks
Program Structure &
Learning Journey
28 Weeks

Graded

Data Engineering
Tools : Hadoop, HBase, Sqoop,
Hive, Flume, PySpark, Spark,
Airflow
Program Structure &
Learning Journey
24 Weeks
2.4 CGPA 2.4 CGPA
EPGP MS in
in DS DS

Specialization Phase
Research Phase
28 Weeks (6 weeks on Capstone)
LJMU’s MS in DS is a research
based Masters program where
you will get an opportunity to
pick a topic and apply all your
learnings from the academic
phase into creating a real
world academic paper
 Learning Elements

Modules : Published every week Live Sessions : Every Saturday/Sunday

Data Toolkit (12 weeks) Concept Breakdown (8)

Basic Machine Learning (10 weeks) Hands on Learning (4)

Case Study Discussions (5)

Data Analytics Deep Learning
Advanced DBs & Big Data Machine Learning - II (6 weeks) Career Landscape Overview (8)
Analytics (6 weeks)
Data Visualisation & Storytelling Advanced Machine Learning & Doubt Resolution (20)
(6 weeks) Deep Learning (6 weeks)

Advanced Problem Solving & Advanced DL & CV (6 weeks)

Programming (6 weeks)
Capstone (5 Weeks)
Capstone (5 Weeks)
Learning Elements

Research Phase Milestones

Dedicated Thesis Supervisor
Weekly 1:1 calls to guide you
Topic Submission with your research

Research Proposal

Interim Thesis submission Live Sessions (10+)

Every Fortnight conducted by
experts and academicians
Final Thesis submission
Projects

Media: SQL Movie Assignment Finance: Credit EDA Assignment

Data Wrangling in MySQL Exploratory Data Analysis & Visualisation

In this project, you will analyse the data of past
three years of movies using SQL, to draw
meaningful insights that will help a production
company kickstart their new movie project.
In this case study, you will develop a basic
understanding of risk analytics in banking and
financial services and understand how data is used
to minimise the risk of losing money while lending
to customers.

Mobility : Bike Sharing Systems

Linear Regression & ML Modelling
In this assignment, you will model the demand for
shared bikes using seasonal data for demand
using linear regression. The model will help
understand the dynamics of the new market post
covid-19, and help manipulate business strategy
to meet required demand levels.
Projects

Sales & Marketing: Lead Scoring Tourism & Lodging: Airbnb Case
Case Study Study
Classification & ML Modelling Visualisation, Dashboarding & Storytelling

Help a company manage their lead funnel better Help the acquisition and the user experience teams
and improve lead conversion by gathering insights by analysing the properties data in various localities,
from building a logistic regression model to classify and helping them understand various factors and
the leads as hot/cold. insights through dashboarding and storytelling.

Telecom: Telecom Churn Case Study

Classification, Model Selection & ML Modelling
In this project, you will analyse customer-level data of a
leading telecom firm, build predictive models to identify
customers at high risk of churn and identify the main
indicators of churn using various classification models.
Grading & Assessment
Weightage Distribution in the Course

Deep Learning Track Data Analytics Track

Assignm Case MCQ Exam Assignm Case MCQ Exam

Course ent (%) Study (%) (%) (%) ent (%) Study (%) (%) (%)
Data Toolkit 20 15 25 40 20 15 25 40
Machine Learning 1 20 15 25 40 20 15 25 40
Course 3(Track) 0 35 25 40 0 35 25 40
Course 4(Track) 35 0 25 40 0 35 25 40
Course 5(Track) 0 35 25 40 35 0 25 40

Course 6(Capstone) 0 80 20 0 0 80 20 0
Scoring Sample

Target (100%) Achievement Weightage Final Score

Assignment 300 200 20% 13.33%
Case Study 150 120 15% 12.00%
MCQs 600 300 25% 12.50%
Exams 30 21 40% 28.00%
65.83%
Grading & Assessment
● The marks given for each assessment, scaled by the weight assigned
GPA
to that assessment, add up to the overall score for a course.

Letter Grade A A- B+ B B- C+ C D F
● Grade Point Average (GPA) is awarded on a four-point scale based on
the normalized course-level scores of the entire batch.
Grade Points 4 3.7 3.4 3 2.7 2.4 2 1 0

● The GPA scores for each course weighted by the respective

proportion of credit add up to the CGPA for the entire program.
Credits
● If a learner secures below D in any course or fails to score at least 25% in
any course, then the learner will not move to the next course, fail the
Credit GPA
program & will not be eligible for the Executive PG Programme
Certificate or proceed to the next phase of the program. 8 4
7 4
● The learner will, however, have access to content just like their peers and 7 3
will be given feedback on their submissions.
4 4

● They will be eligible for a letter of participation only if they have 3 3

successfully completed all the content of the program and have achieved 7 4
a score of 40% and above in the graded questions (MCQs and the graded
coding questions). The 40% score in the graded questions is at an overall
level of the program and is not restricted to any course or module.
Grading & Assessment
Grading Simulation

Course Credit GPA GPA * Credit CGPA

Course 1: Data Toolkit 8 4 32.00 4
Course 2: Machine Learning - 1 7 4 25.90 3.7
Course 3 (Track) 7 3 23.80 3.4
Course 4 (Track) 4 4 16.00 4
Course 5 (Track) 3 3 9.00 3
Course 6 - Capstone Project 7 4 28.00 4
36 22 134.70 3.74

○ Incase a learner fails / receives an “F” grade,

they will get a grade improvement opportunity
(GIO)

○ Learner can avail maximum 1 GIO in the entire

program
Deadlines
Modules & Submissions:
● Module published every Wednesday
● Completion Deadline every Tuesday

Points to Note:
● Deadlines are in IST

● Visible in your timezone

● The deadlines for assessments are non-negotiable

● All quizzes, assignments and case studies submitted after the stated deadline, but within
one week after the deadline, will be graded on 70% of the total marks of the assessment

● This second deadline is also termed the Hard deadline. Submissions received after the
Hard deadline will be graded and will receive feedback but will attract a penalty of 100%.
Feedback will be given so as not to hamper learning, but the marks would be considered
zero for all official purposes.
Deadline Extension Policy
A learner can avail of a maximum of four extensions during the entire program period

● Extensions are allowed on individual assignments, group case study & graded MCQ
deadlines.

● No extensions will be given beyond the Hard deadline (1 week after the actual deadline)
as solutions are usually released a day after the Hard deadline.

● To avail of an extension for assignments and case studies, you can directly avail it from
the platform (extension applicable on the submission).

● For modules, you can avail of the extension from each quiz. Please note that if the
extension is taken for any quiz then it will automatically get applied to all the quizzes in
the entire module as the extension would be on a module level and not quiz level.

● For a group case study, group members will have to apply for extensions individually.
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Student Support
Query Resolution
via Discussion
Forum
● Post your queries on the
Discussion Forum of your
cohort
● Get answers from peers
● Teaching Assistants will
validate correct answers /
provide answers directly
24 Hours
1:1 Connect with
Teaching
Assistant
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challenges in understanding
any concepts or have doubts
with your project
submission, request for a
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Teaching Assistant
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You will have a dedicated Student Buddy and you can
expect any and all support to be provided to you by
them.
They work 8 hours a day and will be available in your
timezone.
Reach out to them via WhatsApp or by writing to us on
studentsupport@upgrad.com
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Set Yourself Up For Success

● Join the WhatsApp group to get timely updates

● Spend some time getting familiar with the Learn
platform
● Explore the prep course materials
● Create a study plan
Ideal Study Plan For A Week
● 10-12 hrs on recorded lectures
● 2-4 hrs on live lectures
● 1-2 hrs of self-study

● Mark important deadlines on your calendar

Q&A