Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Data Analytics for Business Certificate Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Data Analytics for Business Certificate

Romain College of Business 

12 hours

Students completing the Data Analytics for Business Certificate will gain an in-depth understanding and hands-on experience in data analysis through experiential learning in data visualization and storytelling, the use of advanced predictive analytics tools & methods, and data management & preparation. Students will learn the necessary skills to work with data to effectively drive insight creation to make sound decisions and improve their evidence-based decision-making abilities. This certificate’s approach to data analytics removes the need for years of experience in the most arcane aspects of data science, such as the math, statistics, and programming skills but is rather designed to make data analytics accessible to all.

Coursework in this certificate will address critical and cutting-edge components of the field. These include the ability to deploy best practices in visualization of quantitative data, dashboard design, and data exploration & storytelling. Next, students will learn how to deploy, use and interpret automated Machine Learning (ML) to help them solve business and organizational problems and present solutions. Students will also learn tools and approaches to data management and preparation for effective decision-making through business intelligence and analytics. Further, there is an opportunity within this certificate path for students to pursue specific interests within the data analytics domain such as database and enterprise data concepts, research design, statistical methods. and others.

Certificate Requirements

  • A minimum of 6 credit hours toward the certificate must be completed at the University.
  • Credit hours earned for a certificate may be applied toward another degree program. However, a student cannot earn a certificate that is fully embedded (or subsumed) with the requirements of his/her majors or minor, but must include at least three (3) unique credit hours.
  • Coursework taken more than 4 years before the certificate is awarded may not be applied toward certificate requirements.

Required Courses (9 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
CIS 333 - Data Visualization & Storytelling
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CIS 344 - Automated Machine Learning for All
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CIS 366 - Data Management for Business Intelligence & Analytics
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

Elective Course (3 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
CIS 301 - Enterprise Processes and Information Systems
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
CIS 377 - Introduction to Database Concepts
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
CRIM 352 - Statistics
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CS 461 - Artificial Intelligence
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
DSCI 351 - Introduction to Operations Research
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
ECON 327 - Applied Cost-Benefit Analysis
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ECON 472 - Econometrics
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENGR 305 - Engineering Statistics

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
MKTG 438 - Marketing Research
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
POLS 332 - Statistics and Data Analysis
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
PSY 353 - Research Methods and Statistics II
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 4
SOC 392 - Statistics for Social Research
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
STAT 241 - Principles of Statistics

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
STAT 255 - Introduction to Statistical Computing
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
STAT 265 - Applied Regression Analysis

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
STAT 365 - Design & Analysis of Experiments
Term(s) Offered: Spring (even-numbered years)
Credits: 3
STAT 475 - Time Series
Term(s) Offered: Spring (odd-numbered years)
Credits: 3
TECH 331 - Statistics in Manufacturing
Term(s) Offered: On demand
Credits: 3
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