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Analytics, Undergraduate Certificate

2021-2022 Edition

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The certificate in analytics is designed to assist and inform students looking to change careers or to upskill the current workforce in appropriate industries. The certificate is designed to meet the needs of people currently working in finance, accounting, system networking, computer programming, or related fields who will benefit professionally by developing skills in data analytics. The curriculum offers students an opportunity to obtain a basic understanding of data literacy; data structure; and management, statistical literacy, and analytical thinking. Credits earned toward the certificate may be used to satisfy the requirements of a bachelor’s degree in the College of Professional Studies.

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Required Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
MTH 1100College Algebra3
MTH 2400Technology and Applications of Discrete Mathematics3
or PHL 2310 Symbolic Logic
ALY 2010Probability Theory and Introductory Statistics3
ALY 2100Introduction to Programming for Data Analytics3
ALY 3015Intermediate Statistics for Data Analytics3
ALY 3070Communication and Visualization for Data Analytics3
ALY 4000Analytics Using R3
Complete one of the following:3
ALY 3040
Data Mining
ALY 3110
Big Data and Web Mining
ALY 4020
Predictive Analytics Using R and Python

Program Requirement

24 total semester hours required

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