Data Scientist Course | Witle Academy

Duration

6 months · 24 weeks

Time Commitment

~3 hrs live classes/week + self-study

Format

Live on Microsoft Teams · recorded

Price

R3,600 · or R600/month

What You'll Learn

Six months that build from foundations and Python to real machine learning and a portfolio capstone.

Month 1

Foundations & Math

✓ What data science is & career paths
✓ The data science workflow
✓ Essential math & basic statistics

Month 2

Python for Data Science

✓ Python syntax & data structures
✓ Jupyter Notebooks & Google Colab
✓ Data manipulation with Pandas
✓ Visualization with Matplotlib & Seaborn

Month 3

Statistics & EDA

✓ Inferential statistics & hypothesis testing
✓ Correlation & linear regression
✓ Identifying patterns & outliers
✓ Meaningful exploratory visualizations

Month 4

Machine Learning Fundamentals

✓ Supervised vs. unsupervised learning
✓ Linear regression & decision trees
✓ Train/test splits
✓ Building models with Scikit-learn
✓ Evaluation: accuracy, precision, recall

Month 5

Advanced ML & Model Tuning

✓ Exploring more algorithms
✓ Avoiding overfitting & underfitting
✓ Hyperparameter tuning & cross-validation
✓ Feature selection & engineering

Month 6

Capstone & Real-World Applications

✓ Define a real-world problem & dataset
✓ Apply the full data science workflow
✓ Present your capstone & next steps

Tools & Skills You'll Gain

The practical data science toolkit, end to end.

Tools

Python

Jupyter Notebook

Google Colab

Pandas

Matplotlib

Seaborn

Scikit-learn

Microsoft Teams

Skills

Statistical thinking

Hypothesis testing

Regression

Exploratory data analysis

Data cleaning

Machine learning

Model evaluation & tuning

Feature engineering

Capstone project

How the Bootcamp Runs

Live, Twice a Week

Two 1.5-hour live classes each week - about 3 hours of teaching weekly.

After-Hours & Weekends

Evening sessions from 6-7PM or on weekends - built around working professionals.

1:1 Consultations

Personal consultations in between classes to keep you on track.

Every Session Recorded

Miss a class or want to revisit it? All sessions are recorded for you.

Enrol in the Data Scientist Course

R3,600 or R600/month

Pay once or spread it over 6 monthly payments of R600. Limited spots per cohort.

Applications open 15 November 2026.

In the meantime, register now and we’ll contact you as soon as applications open.