BUSANALYTICS - Business Analytics Certificate Course: Offered in Partnership with Ziplines Education
Master the skills of a Business Analyst. Get the employable skills, certifications, and hands-on practice you need to transform your career in this 10-week program. Successful completion of the program earns you a valuable Business Analytics Certificate of Completion. You also get hands-on technology experience and finish the program prepared to take the Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Exam.
Delivered fully online, our Business Analytics Science Certificate Course is taught by industry experts and covers the key areas required to be effective at utilizing data to help an organization optimize its business processes by making better, more informed decisions. In this 10-week course, you will learn key concepts and strategies, get hands-on practice (with feedback from experts), and earn in-demand credentials. This course is offered in partnership with Ziplines Education.
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Business Analytics
Module 2: Technical Introduction: Data Modeling
Module 3: Introduction to SQL
Module 4: Exploring SQL Clauses
Module 5: Data Visualization Technology
Module 6: Data Visualization Fundamentals
Module 7: Aligning Metrics and KPIs to Business Objectives
Module 8: Extracting Actionable Data Insights
Module 9: Planning and Measuring Business Impact
Module 10: Data Signal vs. Noise
Learner Outcomes
The learning outcomes for the modules are as follows:
- Introduction to Business Analytics: Identify the key fundamentals of Business Analytics, including roles and responsibilities.
- Technical Introduction: Data Modeling: Plan and optimize your dataset for success in an exploratory analysis.
- Introduction to SQL: How to query the data to build your dataset using introductory SQL skills.
- Exploring SQL Clauses: Expand your SQL queries using advanced SQL functions.
- Data Visualization Fundamentals: Best practices for data visualization, including common traps you can fall into.
- Data Visualization Technology: How to use tools like Microsoft Excel and Tableau for monitoring, analyzing, and creating visualizations.
- Aligning Metrics and KPIs to your Business Objectives: Identify and create a set of actionable KPIs and metrics aligned to your business objectives.
- Extracting Actionable Data Insights: Develop, plan, and test hypotheses to drive business innovation.
- Planning and Measuring Business Impact: Once you’ve found insights, we’ll explore how and when to act on them.
- Data Signal vs. Noise: Build a set of tools and methodologies for confirming or iterating on your conclusions.
Notes
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