The Business Analytics Certificate offered by Pamplin School of Business at the?University of Portland refers to a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programme (STEM). The U.S. government recognizes expertise in the data science fields, such as this certificate?in business analytics, as an important driver of innovation and job creation. It is also a designation that is highly regarded by employers.

The Pamplin School of Business provides students with a distance-learning option for the post-graduate and post-baccalaureate business certificate programs in Business Analytics.

Upon completing the Business Analytics Certificate program, students should be able to understand and apply:

• the fundamentals of modeling, optimization, and simulation and use appropriate analytical methods for decision-making under uncertainty, risk, and constraints
• organizing organizational data science assets and use databases to create structure and solutions
• the fundamentals of data visualization and predictive models and use appropriate descriptive and predictive data science analytics for organizational decision-making and problem-solving