Aspiring Data Scientists or other professionals who wish to learn how to programme using the popular R language.
Data Programming with R
Overview
| Module Title | Data Programming with R |
| Subject Area | Data Science |
| Credits | 5 |
| NFQ | 9 |
| EFQ | |
| Start Date | 8th September 2025 |
| Duration | 12 Weeks |
| Mode of Delivery | Online |
| Course Leader | Isabella Gollini |
| Fee | Full Fee: €900 *Subsidised Fee: €180 80% Fee Subsidy For Eligible Learners (See Below) |
| Application Deadline | 29th August 2025 Register your interest: (opens in a new window)microcredentials@ucd.ie |
This module introduces students with no previous programming experience to the open-source statistical programming language R. Topics include: manipulating vectors, matrices, arrays and lists; basic programming constructs and programme flow; graphical methods; dealing with large data sets; simple statistical methods.
At the end of the course students should be able to use R to:
- Load in and manipulate data sets of any size and structure
- Find help and use functions which they have not met before
- Create professional quality graphical summaries of data
- Perform simple statistical analyses
Basics of R programming, Rstudio, scripts in R, functions, plotting and graphics, data analysis, manuals and help functions.
You will become proficient in the use of R for data science and related tasks. You will learn the basics of R as well as how to self-teach towards mastery.
Weekly video lecture and screencast material, non-assessed lab sheets.
Learning Requirements:
Students must have had previous experience of using computers, including web searching and creating spreadsheets.
Learning Recommendations:
Some familiarity with Microsoft Office (or equivalent), programming concepts such as loops and functions.
Quizzes/Short exercises – 10%
During term assignments – 40%
End of trimester assignment – 50%
- Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
- Group/class feedback, post-assessment
- Online automated feedback
Prof Cert in Data Science.
Please note: Learners can avail of only one form of funding per application.
Micro-Credentials Learner Fee Subsidy-Human Capital Initiative Pillar 3
The HCI Pillar 3 Micro-credential Learner Fee Subsidy has been introduced to enable more learners to address critical skills gaps and engage with lifelong learning through micro-credentials. The HCI Pillar 3 Micro-credential Learner Fee Subsidy is funded by Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
HCI Micro-credential Learner Fee Subsidies are available on identified micro-credentials only and in fixed numbers from March 2024 until October 2025.
Please see Eligibility Criteria for further information.
On successful completion of this micro-credential, you will receive credits as per the European Credit and Transfer System. These credits are recognised by the awarding institution as credits aligned to learning completed at postgraduate level.
If you have any questions about this micro-credential, or would like to speak to a UCD staff member, please contact (opens in a new window)microcredentials@ucd.ie.