Data Analytics Certificate

Degree: Certificate
Major: Data Analytics
Hours: 18

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Data Analytics Certificate Overview

Our Data Analytics Certificate program aims to give students the opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and skills in data analytics. This is a six-course program offered to undergraduate students and takes a minimum of 16 weeks to complete.

The objective of this certificate program is to provide a clear understanding to help you enter a career as a data analyst. You will receive hands-on experience in the most sought after data analytics tools on the market. The certificate will be stackable to the BBA Management Information Systems degree offered through the College of Business.

The U.S. has one-third of the world’s data. Nearly 90% of employers indicate that their data analytics need will increase in the future. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, data analytics jobs will see a 20% growth by 2028, which is much faster than average. This promising career is designed to explore and analyze datasets to find hidden patterns, unseen trends, discover correlations and derive valuable insights to make business predictions across a range of different industries.

Data Analytics Courses You May Take

Business Intelligence and Analytics: This course introduces you to business intelligence, which is the user-centered process of exploring data, data relationships and trends – thereby helping to improve overall decision-making.

Data Mining: This course introduces you to the concepts of Business Analytics to help professionals make informed decisions based on data. Besides learning Excel functions, you will use data visualization and data mining techniques to discover hidden trends in data sets.

Database Foundations: Students will learn database design techniques, to design databases using a modeling tool and will be introduced to Structured Query Language to implement and query databases using hands-on, engaging activities.

Spreadsheets for Business Analytics: This hands-on course will teach students the art of modeling to build, refine and analyze problems for decision-making. Students will use industry standard spreadsheet software for creation and analysis. Topics include forecasting, linear and nonlinear optimizations and decision analysis. Projects from all business fields will be used for extensive practice and real-world applications.

Database Design: This course engages students to analyze complex business scenarios and create a data model which is a conceptual representation of an organization's information. The students will learn to design a database solution for a business organization.

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Career Paths for Data Analytics

Data analysis is fast-growing job market. The need for data analysts is increasing by the day from companies in a wide range of industries. Those companies are looking for people to help them make insightful predictions and decisions by analyzing their collected data. You will receive the necessary skills to do that by enrolling in this certificate program.