DATA3888 Data Science Capstone (University of Sydney): rated 2.8/5 overall across 10 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
DATA3888 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in Mathematics and Statistics Academic Operations. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 数据科学顶点项目
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Mathematics and Statistics Academic Operations
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
In our ever-changing world, we are facing a new data-driven era where the capability to efficiently combine and analyse large data collections is essential for informed decision making in business and government, and for scientific research. Data science is an emerging interdisciplinary field with its focus on high performance computation and quantitative expression of the confidence in conclusions, and the clear communication of those conclusions in different discipline c…
DATA3888 has 10 scored reviews: overall 2.8/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 10 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.8/5).
On Reddit: "DATA3888 is a capstone. You mainly use R and its a semester long group project (there is an individual short assignment and quiz based in R though). Since its a capstone, you can choose how difficult you want it to be. Overall though my friends and I all definitely did not find …"
On Reddit: "No, but COMP2017 and STAT2011 in one semester might be rough"
The course panel on USYD Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is DATA3888 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 10 reviews: overall 2.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches DATA3888, and when is it offered?
A: DATA3888 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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