Certificate in Data Analytics

Data analytics is a multi-disciplinary set of processes, methods, and tools used to discover, interpret, and communicate new and significant patterns in data with the goal of providing insights that might not be detected via other means. Data analytics can be used in virtually any information-centric organization such as businesses, NGOs, education, cultural heritage institutions, clinical health care, and public health policy development. Data Analytics professional use statistics, machine learning, network analysis, and information management principles to develop processes for information extraction, pattern classification, and prediction modeling and can communicate technically complex issues coherently and precisely.

The SOIS Certificate in Data Analytics provides:  

• A theoretical foundation which includes understanding the implications of alternative data and knowledge representations such as rules, decision trees, and decision tables 5 when planning, documenting, and performing data preparation tasks as well as identify and apply appropriate statistical, data mining, and network analytical methods to solve specific problems. 
• A practical foundation in which students apply their theoretical knowledge to solve real problems and gain practical skills in collecting, analyzing and visualizing real-world structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data.