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Data Analytics, Graduate Certificate

2021-2022 Edition

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The interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics is offered through a collaboration between the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. The certificate curriculum emphasizes the skills needed to bridge between emerging technological capacities and traditional policymaking processes. The program is designed to provide students with foundational knowledge in data science—including data management, machine learning, data mining, statistics, and visualizing and communicating data—that can be applied to data-driven decision making in any discipline.

For more information on the certificate, refer to the program’s website.

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Core Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
DA 5020Collecting, Storing, and Retrieving Data4
DA 5030Introduction to Data Mining/Machine Learning4
INSH 5301Introduction to Computational Statistics4
INSH 5302Information Design and Visual Analytics4

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

16 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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