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Text Analytics (COMP90075)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Term 4
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Further information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-applied-analytics
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm AEST/AEDT. Weekends and University of Melbourne observed Public Holidays 10am to 5pm AEST/AEDT.
Overview
Availability | Term 4 - Online |
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Text data is a primary form of data and its analysis can provide important insights into the behaviours and needs of individuals and organisations. This subject will introduce students to methods for analyzing text and unstructured data.
The following topics will be covered: introduction to text analytics and distinctive features of text data; text data acquisition and storage; text representations and transforming text for analysis; similarity and clustering for text analysis dimensionality reduction strategies; topic and thematic analysis; text classification; text analytics for information extraction and named entity recognition; multi‐lingual text data; applications of text analytics: question answering, essay grading and sentiment analysis; case studies: clinical notes, learning management systems.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Evaluate and apply key analytics techniques used in natural language processing and text retrieval and deploy them in combination for different scenarios in text analysis
- Critique component technologies in commonly deployed systems that analyse text and be able to communicate issues relevant to the effective implementation and operation of such systems
- Explain and justify to others the use of text analytics algorithms for real world use by individuals or organisations
Generic skills
Students will be provided with the opportunity to practice and reinforce:
- High level written communication skills
- Advanced information and interpretation skills
- Advanced analytic, integration and problem‐solving skills
- Demonstrate competence in critical and theoretical thinking through report writing and online discussions
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MAST90130 | Critical Thinking with Analytics |
Term 3 (Online)
Term 1 (Online)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Problem Solving
| Week 3 | 25% |
Case study proposal/discussion
| Week 6 | 25% |
Project
| Week 8 | 40% |
Participation in online discussions
| Week 8 | 10% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Term 4 - Online
Principal coordinator Karin Verspoor Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 4 hours per week, including online lectures, resources and interactions Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 7 October 2019 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period students are given the opportunity to get used to the online platform, meet the instructors/tutors and become familiar with how to access resources before the teaching period starts. Teaching period 14 October 2019 to 8 December 2019 Last self-enrol date 8 October 2019 Census date 1 November 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 November 2019 Assessment period ends 15 December 2019 Term 4 contact information
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Further information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-applied-analytics
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm AEST/AEDT. Weekends and University of Melbourne observed Public Holidays 10am to 5pm AEST/AEDT.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Students will have access to electronic copies of relevant readings
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022