Graduate Certificate [Data Analytics for Business Decision Making] From Durham College

• The Data Analytics for Business Decision Making graduate certificate will prepare you for a career in this high-demand area by teaching you the knowledge and skills that you need to support real-world business decision-making and planning through data insights, data management, and data science.
• This program is also offered in a flexible weekend delivery format.
• This Graduate Certificate program will enable students to support real-world business decision-making and planning with data.
• Students will blend theoretical knowledge with hands-on practical skills for data collection, analysis and manipulation. In addition, students will be able to present their analyses and findings to management and key business stakeholders.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Analyze, organize, and manipulate data to support problem-solving, business decision-making, and opportunity identification.
2. Develop statistical and predictive models that use operational and marketing data to identify patterns and provide insights to business stakeholders.
3. Assess and apply business intelligence and Big Data tools appropriate to business decisions, business problems, data movement, and system workloads.
4. Prepare and communicate complex materials verbally, in writing, and digitally for a variety of audiences, purposes, and levels of detail.
5. Analyse and interpret data as it relates to various aspects of a business organization’s readiness to change.
6. Conduct data analysis and research in a respectful and ethical manner that protects privacy and maintains dignity to all involved.
7. Deliver data oriented projects using data science, business analysis, and project management principles, tools, and techniques to ensure clients’ business needs are achieved.

Course delivery

More than 75% of this program is delivered in-person.

The rest of the coursework will be delivered using hybrid, flexible or online formats. Students will come to campus to complete in-person learning requirements. Detailed schedules, with course-specific delivery information, will be available after registration. Courses, course descriptions and delivery formats are subject to change.

In-person:

Course is delivered in person, on campus within a classroom, lab, shop or studio.

Flexible:

Course is taught in one of DC’s technology-enabled learning classrooms and online at the same time. Students can choose to attend in-person or online.

Hybrid:

Part of the course is delivered online, remotely, and part is in-person on campus within a classroom, lab, shop or studio.

Online:

Fully remote course delivery

Capstone Project

Students will integrate and apply the knowledge and skills they gained throughout the program during a capstone project where they will research, plan, and execute a project that meets a real-world financial, market or organizational need.

Projects will emphasize the students’ expertise with data analysis, analytics, data science, and business intelligence/Big Data tools.

Career Options

Potential career and industry options may include:

Business Analyst , Financial Analyst , Report Analyst , Data Analyst , Analytics Specialist ,  Business Analytics Specialist ,  Data Insights Analyst ,  Data Scientist