Data Science Foundations Certificate of Completion
Organizations are collecting vast amounts of data about their customers, operations, and financial performance. Bellevue University’s online Data Science Foundations certificate of completion prepares you to be in the driver’s seat to analyze and make relevant discoveries from large data sets.
The graduate certificate program introduces you to the vocabulary, programming languages, big data frameworks, statistics and tools commonly used in the process of data science - for any industry. Some background in math, computing, and statistics is helpful, but no experience is required. Data Science Foundations is a graduate-level certificate comprised of courses from the Master’s in Data Science degree program.
Students seeking this certificate of completion will need to successfully complete:(Click a course name below to view course details).
This course introduces the possibilities, history, and ethics surrounding Data Science. Basics of data science are explored, including vocabulary, programming languages, big data frameworks, visualization, and statistics. Prior programming experience is not needed for this course.
This course introduces the Python programming language as a tool to clean, slice, and build tools to analyze an existing dataset. Basic principles of programming are explored as well as techniques for configuring a computer for data science work. Prerequisite: Recommend DSC 500
The R programming language and software environment is commonly used to explore all types of data. Using R, students perform statistical tests on the data. Report writing and presentation of data are introduced. Prerequisite: Recommend DSC 500
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