Machine Learning (UoA)

Postgraduate | 2026

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Your study will be 100% online
100% online
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Area/Catalogue
STAT 5016
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Course ID
208183
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Campus
Online
Level of study
Level of study
Postgraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
School of Public Health
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Course level
5
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
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No
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University-wide elective course
No
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Single course enrolment
No

Course overview

This course covers modern machine learning methods particularly useful for large and complex health data Content includes: Linear Regression and K -Nearest Neighbours; Classification (logistic regression, linear discriminant analysis); Resampling Methods (Cross-Validation, Bootstrap); Model Selection and Regularization (subset selection, shrinkage methods, dimension reduction methods); Beyond Linearity (fractional polynomials, basis functions, splines, generalized additive models); Tree-Based Methods (decision trees, bagging, random forests, boosting).

Course learning outcomes

  • See Study Guides at: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/jyzMCmO5QMCjMl1XJtJi1URPVES?domain=bca.edu.au/

Availability

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Census date
Fri 04/09/2026
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Enrol by date
Fri 21/08/2026
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Last day to W
Fri 18/09/2026
Last day to WF
Last day to WF
Fri 16/10/2026

Class details

Online

Class number
Class number 50174
Section
Section 01OL
Size
Size 30
Available
Available 30
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
- Online ,

Prerequisite(s)

  • must have completed all of BIOL5024 Epidemiology/BIOL5029 Principles of Statistical Inference/BIOL5034 Mathematical Foundations for Biostatistics/BIOL5035 Regression Modelling for Biostatistics I

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

  • must not have completed BIOSTATS6017EX Machine Learning at the University of Adelaide

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