• Graduate Certificate in Big Data Analytics at Georgian College is offered as 1 year (2 semesters) program.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on both a full-time and part-time basis.
  • This program provides students with a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and applied skills.
  • The main concepts of the program are:
    • Data Manipulation Techniques
    • Information Encoding Standards
    • Data Systems Architecture
    • Business Processes and Modelling
    • Data Programming
    • Mathematics for Data Analytics
    • Data Visualization 
  • Students learn how to collect, curate, manipulate, encode, and store data sets so they can be analyzed and mined in such a way that they can be reused and repurposed to solve challenges.
  • The Employment rate of Georgian College is 89.7%.
  • Students will learn from professors who have real-world experience and are active in the industry.
  • This program also offers a part-time delivery format which can be by students in 2 years.
  • The part-time classes are scheduled in the evening which includes two courses per semester and in this course, students can register on a course-by-course basis.
  • Students can only apply for part-time courses if they have previously completed postsecondary education such as a degree or diploma from an accredited university or college.

    • To be successful in this program, students are required to have a personal notebook computer (either PC or Mac architecture) prior to the start of the program that meets or exceeds the following hardware specifications:
      • Intel i7 processor or AMD equivalent 
      • Dedicated graphics card/processor 
      • 16GiB of memory (32GiB recommended) 
      • 500GB hard drive (SSD recommended)