ECON 427Applied Machine Learning
Economics · 4 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Limited to Master of Applied Economics students. Foundational course with primary application to data analytics. Intended to be accessible to students from backgrounds such as economics or mathematics, and to students from less technical backgrounds. Covers some fundamental topics in machine learning such as Bayesian learning, optimization for learning, metric learning, and various classification, regression, clustering techniques, and other advanced topics. Real-world data-intensive problems.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: basic understanding of technology principles, basic programming skills, sufficient mathematical background in probability, statistics, and matrix analysis.
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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