M.Sc.
Job-Ready Plan (Complete Syllabus)
Goal:
Master Python, SQL, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AI, Big Data, and MLOps over 2
years for a successful Data Science career.
Pre-M.Sc. (3 Months Before Starting M.Sc.)
Month 1: Python & Data Analysis
Topics:
Python Basics: Variables, Data Types, Loops, Functions, Object-Oriented Programming
(OOP)
NumPy: Arrays, Operations, Indexing, Broadcasting, Linear Algebra
Pandas: DataFrames, Data Cleaning, GroupBy, Merging, Pivot Tables
Matplotlib & Seaborn: Data Visualization, Customizing Plots, Statistical Visuals
Data Cleaning: Handling Missing Data, Outliers, Encoding Categorical Data
Free Books:
Python for Data Analysis by Wes McKinney
Month 2: SQL & Data Visualization
Topics:
SQL Basics: SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, Aggregate Functions
Joins: INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, FULL JOIN
Advanced SQL: Subqueries, Common Table Expressions (CTEs), Window Functions
Data Visualization: Power BI, Tableau, Dashboards, Storytelling with Data
Free Books:
SQL for Data Science by Packt
Month 3: Statistics & Excel for Data Analysis
Topics:
Probability: Discrete & Continuous Distributions, Bayes' Theorem
Hypothesis Testing: p-values, t-tests, ANOVA, Chi-Square Test
Regression Analysis: Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Model Interpretation
Excel for Data Analysis: Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, Macros
Free Books:
Introduction to Statistical Learning (ISLR)
Think Stats by Allen B. Downey
Semester 1 - Deepening Statistics & Machine
Learning
Month 4: Advanced Statistics & R
Topics:
ANOVA & Experimental Design: One-way, Two-way ANOVA, Randomized Designs
Time Series Analysis: Moving Averages, ARIMA, Exponential Smoothing
Bayesian Statistics: Bayes’ Theorem, Prior & Posterior Distributions, MCMC Sampling
R Basics: Data Manipulation with dplyr, Visualization with ggplot2
Free Books:
R for Data Science by Hadley Wickham
Month 5: Supervised Machine Learning
Topics:
Linear Regression: Ordinary Least Squares, Ridge & Lasso Regression
Logistic Regression: Classification Problems, ROC Curve, Precision-Recall
Decision Trees & Random Forests: Gini Impurity, Entropy, Feature Importance
Support Vector Machines (SVMs): Kernel Trick, Hyperplane Optimization
Free Books:
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn by Aurélien Géron
Month 6: Unsupervised Learning & Deep Learning Basics
Topics:
Clustering: K-Means, Hierarchical Clustering, DBSCAN
Dimensionality Reduction: PCA, t-SNE, Autoencoders
Neural Networks Basics: Perceptron, Backpropagation, Activation Functions
Deep Learning with TensorFlow/Keras: Model Training, Optimization
Free Books:
Neural Networks and Deep Learning by Michael Nielsen
Semester 2 - AI Specialization & Big Data
Month 7: Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Topics:
Text Preprocessing: Tokenization, Stopwords, Stemming, Lemmatization
Word Embeddings: TF-IDF, Word2Vec, GloVe, FastText
Sequence Modeling: Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), LSTMs, GRUs
Transformers: Attention Mechanism, BERT, GPT Models
Free Books:
Speech and Language Processing by Daniel Jurafsky & James H. Martin
Month 8: Big Data (Hadoop, Spark, PySpark)
Topics:
Hadoop Ecosystem: HDFS, MapReduce, YARN
Apache Spark: RDDs, DataFrames, SparkSQL
PySpark for Data Processing: ETL Pipelines, Machine Learning with MLlib
NoSQL Databases: MongoDB, Cassandra
Free Books:
Big Data: Principles and best practices of scalable real-time data systems
Pre-M.Sc. (3 Months Before Starting M.Sc.)
Goal: Build foundational skills in Python, SQL, and Statistics for data analysis.
Month 1: Python & Data Analysis
Topics:
Python Basics (variables, loops, functions, OOP)
NumPy (arrays, operations, linear algebra)
Pandas (dataframes, data manipulation, cleaning)
Matplotlib & Seaborn (data visualization)
Data Cleaning (handling missing data, outliers, etc.)
Free Resources:
Python for Beginners - FreeCodeCamp (4 hours)
NumPy Tutorial - FreeCodeCamp (1 hour)
Pandas Tutorial - FreeCodeCamp (4 hours)
Matplotlib & Seaborn Tutorial - FreeCodeCamp (2 hours)
Kaggle Python Course
Project:
Perform Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) on a Kaggle dataset (e.g., Titanic, Iris, or any
dataset of your choice).
Deliverables: A Jupyter Notebook with code, visualizations, and a summary of findings.
Month 2: SQL & Data Visualization
Topics:
SQL Basics (SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY)
Joins (INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL)
Subqueries, Window Functions (ROW_NUMBER, RANK, etc.)
Power BI & Tableau (data visualization tools)
Free Resources:
SQL for Data Science - FreeCodeCamp (4 hours)
Mode Analytics SQL Tutorial
Tableau for Beginners - FreeCodeCamp (3 hours)
Kaggle SQL Course
Project:
Create a Data Dashboard using SQL and Power BI/Tableau.
Deliverables: A SQL script for data extraction and a Power BI/Tableau dashboard.
Month 3: Statistics & Excel for Data Analysis
Topics:
Probability (distributions, Bayes' theorem)
Hypothesis Testing (p-values, t-tests, chi-square tests)
Regression (linear, logistic)
Pivot Tables & Advanced Excel Functions (VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH)
Free Resources:
Statistics for Data Science - StatQuest (YouTube)
Excel for Data Analysis - FreeCodeCamp (2 hours)
Introduction to Statistical Learning (Free Book)
Kaggle Statistics Course
Project:
Perform Statistical Analysis on a dataset (e.g., A/B testing, customer churn analysis).
Deliverables: A PDF report with statistical analysis and visualizations.
Semester 1 (First 4 Months of M.Sc.)
🎯 Goal: Deepen Statistics knowledge and start Machine Learning.
Month 4: Advanced Statistics & R
📌 Topics:
ANOVA, Time Series Analysis, Bayesian Methods
R Basics (dataframes, dplyr, ggplot2)
📌 Free Resources:
R for Data Science (Free Book)
Time Series Analysis - StatQuest (YouTube)
Kaggle R Course
📌 Project:
Perform Time Series Forecasting on a dataset (e.g., stock prices, weather data).
Use ARIMA or other models to predict future trends.
📌 Deliverables: A Jupyter Notebook or R script with code and predictions.
Month 5: Machine Learning Basics (Supervised Learning)
📌 Topics:
Linear Regression, Logistic Regression
Decision Trees, Random Forests, SVM (Support Vector Machines)
📌 Free Resources:
Machine Learning by Andrew Ng (Free on Coursera)
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn (Free Book)
Kaggle Machine Learning Course
📌 Project:
Build a Predictive Model on a real-world dataset (e.g., house price prediction, customer
churn).
📌 Deliverables: A Jupyter Notebook with model training, evaluation, and results.
Month 6: Unsupervised Learning & Deep Learning Basics
📌 Topics:
Clustering (K-Means, Hierarchical)
PCA (Principal Component Analysis)
Neural Networks, TensorFlow Basics
📌 Free Resources:
Deep Learning Specialization (Free on Coursera)
Unsupervised Learning - StatQuest (YouTube)
Kaggle Deep Learning Course
📌 Project:
Build an Unsupervised Learning Model (e.g., customer segmentation using clustering).
📌 Deliverables: A Jupyter Notebook with code and visualizations.
Semester 2 (Months 7–10 of M.Sc.)
📌 Goal: Master Deep Learning, NLP, and Big Data Technologies.
Month 7: Deep Learning Specialization (Advanced Neural Networks)
📌 Topics to Cover:
Artificial Neural Networks (ANN): MLP, Forward & Backpropagation
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN): Filters, Strides, Pooling, Architectures (VGG,
ResNet)
Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN & LSTMs): Sequence Data, Time Series
Forecasting
Optimizers & Regularization: Adam, Dropout, Batch Normalization
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 Deep Learning Specialization - Andrew Ng (Coursera)
2. 📌 Deep Learning with Python - François Chollet (Book)
3. 📌 StatQuest Neural Networks (YouTube)
4. 📌 Fast.ai Deep Learning Course
📌 Project:
📌 Image Classification using CNNs
Choose a dataset (CIFAR-10, Fashion-MNIST, or Custom Images).
Implement CNN from scratch using TensorFlow/Keras.
Train & optimize models (Data Augmentation, Transfer Learning).
📌 Deliverables: Jupyter Notebook with model training, accuracy evaluation, and
visualizations.
Month 8: Natural Language Processing (NLP) & Transformers
📌 Topics to Cover:
Text Preprocessing: Tokenization, Stopword Removal, Lemmatization
Word Embeddings: Word2Vec, GloVe, FastText
Sequence Modeling: RNN, LSTMs, GRUs
Transformers & BERT: Attention Mechanism, Hugging Face Library
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 Natural Language Processing Specialization - Andrew Ng (Coursera)
2. 📌 Hugging Face NLP Course
3. 📌 Speech and Language Processing (Free NLP Book)
4. 📌 Fast.ai NLP Course
📌 Project:
📌 Sentiment Analysis using BERT
Choose a dataset (IMDB Reviews, Twitter Sentiments).
Implement Text Preprocessing & Tokenization.
Fine-tune BERT model using Hugging Face Transformers.
📌 Deliverables: A Jupyter Notebook with model training, evaluation metrics, and
visualizations.
Month 9: Big Data Analytics & Cloud Computing
📌 Topics to Cover:
Big Data Basics: Hadoop, Spark, MapReduce
PySpark for Data Processing
Databases: SQL, NoSQL (MongoDB)
Cloud Computing: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 Big Data with PySpark (Databricks Course)
2. 📌 Spark: The Definitive Guide (Book)
3. 📌 Google Cloud Machine Learning Crash Course
4. 📌 AWS Free Training for Machine Learning
📌 Project:
📌 Big Data Processing using PySpark
Choose a large-scale dataset (e.g., NYC Taxi Trips, Wikipedia Page Views).
Use PySpark for distributed data processing.
Perform ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipeline optimization.
📌 Deliverables: A PySpark script and a performance report on processing speed &
insights.
Month 10: Applied AI & Model Deployment
📌 Topics to Cover:
MLOps & Model Deployment: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD for ML
Model Serving: Flask, FastAPI, Streamlit
Scaling ML Pipelines: Airflow, MLflow
AI Applications: Chatbots, Recommendation Systems
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 MLOps Course (Google Cloud)
2. 📌 Deploying Machine Learning Models - YouTube
3. 📌 FastAPI & Streamlit for ML Deployment
4. 📌 Machine Learning Operations (MLflow)
📌 Project:
📌 Deploying a Machine Learning Model as a Web App
Train a Machine Learning model (e.g., Fraud Detection, Image Recognition).
Develop a REST API using Flask/FastAPI.
Deploy on AWS/GCP using Docker & Kubernetes.
📌 Deliverables: A fully deployed ML model accessible via a web interface.
Summary of Semester 2
✅ Skills Gained:
Advanced Deep Learning (CNNs, RNNs, Transformers)
Big Data Technologies (Spark, Hadoop, PySpark, Cloud)
MLOps & Model Deployment
📌 Key Deliverables:
✔️ CNN-Based Image Classification Model
✔️ Sentiment Analysis Model with BERT
✔️ Big Data Processing Pipeline using PySpark
✔️ Deployed ML Web App
📌 Tools Used:
TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, PySpark, FastAPI, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
Semester 3 (Months 11–14 of M.Sc.)
📌 Goal: Specialize in Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, and Industry-Focused AI
Applications.
Month 11: Advanced Computer Vision & Generative AI
📌 Topics to Cover:
Object Detection: Faster R-CNN, YOLO, SSD
Image Segmentation: U-Net, Mask R-CNN
Generative Models: GANs, VAEs, Diffusion Models
Self-Supervised Learning
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 Deep Learning for Computer Vision (Coursera)
2. 📌 Computer Vision: Algorithms & Applications - Szeliski (Book)
3. 📌 YOLO Object Detection (YouTube)
4. 📌 Stanford CS231n - Convolutional Neural Networks
📌 Project:
📌 Object Detection & Segmentation
Choose a dataset (COCO, Open Images, Custom Dataset).
Train YOLO or Mask R-CNN for object detection & segmentation.
📌 Deliverables: A trained model with real-time predictions and a web interface for
testing.
Month 12: Reinforcement Learning (RL) & AI for Games
📌 Topics to Cover:
Introduction to RL: MDPs, Policy & Value Iteration
Deep Q-Networks (DQN), PPO, A3C
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Applications in Robotics & Finance
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 Deep Reinforcement Learning Course (David Silver)
2. 📌 Reinforcement Learning - Sutton & Barto (Book)
3. 📌 OpenAI Spinning Up RL Course
4. 📌 Reinforcement Learning Explained (YouTube)
📌 Project:
📌 Train an AI to Play a Game
Use OpenAI Gym to train an RL agent.
Implement DQN or PPO to optimize gameplay.
📌 Deliverables: A trained RL agent that can autonomously play a game.
Month 13: AI in Finance, Healthcare & Industry Applications
📌 Topics to Cover:
Algorithmic Trading & Quantitative Finance
AI in Healthcare: Medical Image Analysis, Disease Prediction
AI in Retail & Marketing: Recommendation Systems
AI for Fraud Detection
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 AI for Trading (Udacity Free Course)
2. 📌 Hands-On Machine Learning for Healthcare (Book)
3. 📌 Recommender Systems Specialization (Coursera)
4. 📌 AI in Finance (YouTube)
📌 Project:
📌 Predicting Stock Prices using AI
Use LSTMs or Transformers to predict market trends.
Train on financial datasets (Yahoo Finance, Quandl, Kaggle Datasets).
📌 Deliverables: A model that predicts future stock prices with a visual dashboard.
Month 14: Real-World Case Studies & Industry Collaboration
📌 Topics to Cover:
AI Ethics & Bias in Machine Learning
Case Studies of AI in Real-World Applications
Collaborating with Industry Experts
Interview Preparation & Resume Building
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 AI Ethics & Bias (MIT Course)
2. 📌 Interpretable Machine Learning - Christoph Molnar (Book)
3. 📌 AI Case Studies (Google AI Blog)
4. 📌 AI in Real-World Applications (YouTube)
📌 Final Industry-Ready Project:
📌 End-to-End AI Solution for a Real-World Problem
Pick an industry problem (Finance, Healthcare, Retail, Marketing).
Use Machine Learning & AI techniques to create a full-scale project.
📌 Deliverables: A well-documented AI project portfolio for job applications.
Summary of Semester 3
✅ Skills Gained:
Computer Vision (Object Detection, GANs, Self-Supervised Learning)
Reinforcement Learning & AI for Games
Industry-Focused AI (Finance, Healthcare, Marketing, Fraud Detection)
📌 Key Deliverables:
✔️ Object Detection & Image Segmentation Model
✔️ Trained RL Agent for Games
✔️ Stock Price Prediction Model
✔️ Final Industry AI Project
📌 Tools Used:
TensorFlow, PyTorch, OpenAI Gym, RLlib, Hugging Face, Yahoo Finance API,
Flask, FastAPI
Semester 4 (Months 15–18 of M.Sc.)
📌 Goal:
Finalizing Specialization in AI & Data Science
Building a Strong Portfolio with Advanced Projects
Securing Internships & Job Readiness
Month 15: MLOps & Model Deployment
📌 Topics to Cover:
Introduction to MLOps: Model Lifecycle, Versioning, CI/CD
Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
Cloud Deployment: AWS, GCP, Azure
Monitoring & Scaling ML Models
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 MLOps Specialization (Coursera)
2. 📌 Practical MLOps (Book)
3. 📌 Deploy ML Models using FastAPI & Docker
4. 📌 Google Cloud MLOps (YouTube)
📌 Project:
📌 Deploy a Scalable AI Model
Build & Deploy a Deep Learning Model using FastAPI & Docker.
Host the model on AWS/GCP/Azure with CI/CD integration.
📌 Deliverables: A live AI model accessible via API with monitoring tools.
Month 16: AI & Data Science for Business
📌 Topics to Cover:
Business Intelligence & Decision Science
Product Analytics & Customer Insights
Data-Driven Marketing & A/B Testing
AI for Operations Research & Supply Chain
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 AI for Business Leaders (Udacity)
2. 📌 Competing on Analytics (Book)
3. 📌 Marketing Analytics (Google Coursera)
4. 📌 AI in Business (YouTube)
📌 Project:
📌 AI-Powered Business Dashboard
Create a real-time analytics dashboard using Power BI/Tableau.
Use SQL & Python for data transformation.
📌 Deliverables: An interactive BI dashboard with real-world business insights.
Month 17: Resume Building, LinkedIn Optimization & Mock Interviews
📌 Topics to Cover:
How to Craft an AI/Data Science Resume
Optimizing LinkedIn & GitHub Profile
Acing Data Science & AI Interviews
Leetcode for Data Science (SQL, Python, ML Case Studies)
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 Data Science Resume Guide
2. 📌 Cracking the Data Science Interview (Book)
3. 📌 SQL & Python Interview Questions
4. 📌 Mock Data Science Interviews (YouTube)
📌 Actionable Steps:
📌 Resume & LinkedIn Enhancement
Add MLOps, AI for Business, and Advanced Projects to your resume.
Get LinkedIn recommendations & endorsements.
📌 Deliverables: A polished resume, optimized LinkedIn, and a strong GitHub
portfolio.
Month 18: Job Applications, Final Projects & Internships
📌 Topics to Cover:
How to Find AI & Data Science Jobs
Applying for Internships & Full-Time Roles
Final AI Project (Capstone)
📌 Free Resources:
1. 📌 Job Boards for AI/ML Roles
2. 📌 How to Get Your First Data Science Job (Book)
3. 📌 How to Cold Email for Internships
4. 📌 Landing a Data Science Job (YouTube)
📌 Final AI Capstone Project:
📌 Industry-Standard AI Solution
Select a real-world problem from industry.
Build a production-grade AI model.
Deploy & document the project professionally.
📌 Deliverables: A portfolio-worthy AI project ready for job applications.
Summary of Semester 4
✅ Skills Gained:
MLOps & Model Deployment
Business-Focused AI & Data Science
Resume, LinkedIn & Interview Mastery
AI Capstone Project (Portfolio Ready)
📌 Key Deliverables:
✔️ Deployed AI Model using MLOps
✔️ Real-Time AI-Powered Business Dashboard
✔️ Fully Optimized Resume & LinkedIn Profile
✔️ Final AI Capstone Project
📌 Tools Used:
Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP, Tableau, Power BI, SQL, FastAPI
