- The Data Analytics for Business Decision Making graduate certificate will prepare you for a career in this high-demand area by teaching you the knowledge and skills that you need to support real-world business decision-making and planning through data insights, data management, and data science.
- This program is also offered in a flexible weekend delivery format.
- This Graduate Certificate program will enable students to support real-world business decision-making and planning with data.
- Students will blend theoretical knowledge with hands-on practical skills for data collection, analysis and manipulation. In addition, students will be able to present their analyses and findings to management and key business stakeholders.
- Analyze, organize, and manipulate data to support problem-solving, business decision-making, and opportunity identification.
- Develop statistical and predictive models that use operational and marketing data to identify patterns and provide insights to business stakeholders.
- Assess and apply business intelligence and Big Data tools appropriate to business decisions, business problems, data movement, and system workloads.
- Prepare and communicate complex materials verbally, in writing, and digitally for a variety of audiences, purposes, and levels of detail.
- Analyse and interpret data as it relates to various aspects of a business organization’s readiness to change.
- Conduct data analysis and research in a respectful and ethical manner that protects privacy and maintains dignity to all involved.
- Deliver data oriented projects using data science, business analysis, and project management principles, tools, and techniques to ensure clients’ business needs are achieved.
- In-person:
- Course is delivered in person, on campus within a classroom, lab, shop or studio.
- Flexible:
- Course is taught in one of DC’s technology-enabled learning classrooms and online at the same time. Students can choose to attend in-person or online.
- Hybrid:
- Part of the course is delivered online, remotely, and part is in-person on campus within a classroom, lab, shop or studio.
- Online:
- Fully remote course delivery
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Capstone Project
Students will integrate and apply the knowledge and skills they gained throughout the program during a capstone project where they will research, plan, and execute a project that meets a real-world financial, market or organizational need.
Projects will emphasize the students’ expertise with data analysis, analytics, data science, and business intelligence/Big Data tools.
Career Options
Potential career and industry options may include:
Business Analyst , Financial Analyst , Report Analyst , Data Analyst , Analytics Specialist , Business Analytics Specialist , Data Insights Analyst , Data Scientist
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
Course delivery
More than 75% of this program is delivered in-person.
The rest of the coursework will be delivered using hybrid, flexible or online formats. Students will come to campus to complete in-person learning requirements. Detailed schedules, with course-specific delivery information, will be available after registration. Courses, course descriptions and delivery formats are subject to change.
