Courses by Andrew NG can give you a thorough idea. Statistics would be the first one. 
  
 Coursera has beautiful course on Machine Learning by Andrew NG.

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You should have a good grasp on Linear Algebra, Statistics and Probability, Calculus

Hello everyone, I'm a student doing masters in computer science. I want to make my career in data science. Which mathematics topics and depth of that topics are needed to learn things in depth in t...

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Hello everyone, I'm a student doing masters in computer science. I want to make my career in data science. Which mathematics topics and depth of that topics are needed to learn things in depth in the about machine learning, data processing and all. Also needed advice from working professionals from this field about day to day works as a data scientist.

Also suggest books or any resources.
Thanks in advance.

Mathematics for Data science