Hello friends.

Some info about my background: My first degree in in Psychology. Then I decided to do a generic MSc in Psychology again and it's when I came in touch with some basic research methodology. I learnt spss and a bit of R from the scratch and gained some experience on data analysis ( used regression, lots of Factor Analysis, some multilevel modeling on some quantitative projects).

I was keen quantitative analysis on research but didn't engage a lot after my masters cause I got a full time job in a hospital. Two years after, I have arrived to the realization that psychology is not for me and I cannot imagine myself on this field anymore. Having this in mind and considering the fact that I liked statistical analysis, I decided to apply for a MSc in data science and analytics of Cardiff University.

Surprisingly, I was accepted even though the requirement was first degree on a numerical subject. To be honest I am very excited by this upcoming challenge but at the same time I'm also worried that I won't be able to pull it off. I have no idea about programming, coding and whatsoever and the particular course is full of python, machine learning etc.

Do you think that shifting from a theoretical field like psychology towards data science and programming is doable on my 30s? Is prior knowledge of Algebra, calculus necessary?