Computing and data analysis play an important role in almost all private and public sector employment. The need to understand how to use IT and data to inform business decisions has never been more important. This qualification introduces you to some basic skills in exploring and analysing data sets and solving practical problems using mathematics, statistics and computing. It forms a foundation for further study or employment in the fields of mathematics, statistics, computing or data science. **Key features of the course** - Introduces mathematical, statistical and computing techniques. - Covers basic use of a range of appropriate software, including writing code in the Python language. - Provides experience of carrying out data analysis and commenting on the results. - Builds a solid foundation on which to continue on to a higher qualification in data science or employment in a wide range of sectors, including finance, government, health, education, the voluntary sector, business and commerce.

This qualification has one stage, comprising 120 credits. You’ll complete one 30-credit mathematics, one 30-credit statistics and two 30-credit computing & IT modules.

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There are no formal entry requirements to study this qualification, but it’s very important you’re well prepared to study mathematics at this level, and are able to read and write to a good standard of English. Ideally, you’ll also have some basic knowledge of computing. You do need experience in mathematics – you should have a working knowledge of all of the following topics: - arithmetic of whole numbers, decimals and fractions (including negative numbers, powers and roots) - algebraic manipulation, such as multiplying out brackets, factorising simple expressions, solving linear and quadratic equations, manipulating algebraic fractions and manipulating powers of variables - percentages, ratio and proportion - simple inequalities - exponential functions, logarithms and the rules for manipulating them.

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