I am starting the machine learning masters this month...what order would you recommend taking the machine learning classes?
Both ML4T and ML have some RL component. So there's overlap. If you're new to python, then I'd definitely recommend ML4T first because it spends a bunch of time on Pandas/Numpy. ML4T is also easier to get into than ML if it's your first semester.
Take a look at the course review site also. It's really helpful in estimating difficulty: