Certificate of Achievement in Data Science

The Certificate of Achievement in Data Science prepares the student by providing the necessary skills in highly sought-after professional career pathway. This program gives students the exposure to develop skills in analyzing data for actionable insights. Some tasks may include identifying the data-analytics problems that offer the greatest opportunities for various organizations, by determining the correct data sets and variables. Students will be practicing with large amount of data using various tools provided such as those that are available as Python libraries.

 This program familiarizes the student how to work with static and dynamic data, which most organization may have at their disposal. It is obvious that data can be useless unless it is analyzed to make sense of and make it applicable to the organization’s needs.

The Certificateof Achievement in Data Science program at West will be starting as Fall 2023.  The completion rates (75%) is consistent with other programs offered inthe Computer Science division.

 

Academic Year	Programs per Year	Projected Cohort Enrollments	Completion Rate	Total Students Completing
2023-2024		25	75%	19
2024-2025		28	75%	21
2-25-2026		30	75%	23

 

After each academic year of delivering these programs, WLAC will re-evaluate if additional sections should be offered to meet student and employer demand for these positions.

The Certificate of Achievement in Data Science prepares the student by providing the necessary skills in very highly sought-after professional career pathway. This program gives students the exposure to develop skills in analyzing data for actionable insights. Some tasks may include identifying the data-analytics problems that offer the greatest opportunities for various organizations, by determining the correct data sets and variables. Students will be practicing with large amount of data using various tools provided such as those that are available as Python libraries.

This program familiarizes the student how to work with static and dynamic data, which most organization may have at their disposal. It is obvious that data can be useless unless it is analyzed to make sense of and make it applicable to the organization’s needs.

 Students who successfully complete the sequence of courses in the Certificate of Achievement in in Data Science will demonstrate the following Student Learning Outcomes:

 1.    Apply data science concepts and methods to solve problems in real-world contexts.

2.    Develop skills in analyzing data and to build data models.

3.    Use tools such as Jupyter notebooks for interactive data exploration and visualization.

4.    Demonstrate proficiency using Python programming& tools for data analysis.

 

Item3.  Program Requirements

 

The Certificate of Achievement in Data Science isplanned in sequence. Satisfactory completion of all courses with a grade of “C”or better in a given semester is required before the student can continue tothe second semester. There may be some pre-requisite for some of these courses.

 

It is recommended that students meet with a counselor to develop a Student Educational Plan (SEP).

 

 

Certificate of Achievement in Data Science Required courses

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
CS 119	Programming in Python	3	Y1 S1
CIS 192	Intro to Cloud Computing	3	Y1S1
CS 159	Foundation of Data Science	3	Y1S1
CIS 193	Database Essentials in Amazon Web Services	3	Y1S2
CS 121	Python for Data Science and Machine Learning	3	Y1S2

CIS 219  Introduction to Oracle    3                                     Y1S2

Total                  18 units

Other related programs in Computer Science occupations include the following: -Web Support and Database Administration -Business Application and Database Management -Network and Information System Security -Web Support and Administration -Computer Network Management -Computer Science Information Technology -Computer Network and Security Management -Computer Science Information Technology

The Chancellor’s Office Curriculum Inventory System (COCI) was searched and similar degree and/or certificate programs were located in the Los Angeles Community College District or the greater Southern California area are: Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Pierce College, Los Angeles Valley College and Los Angeles Mission College.

Enrollment Projections Courses Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024 CS 119 40 40 40 CIS 192 28 28 28 CIS 159 N/A 22 25 CIS 193 25 25 25 CS 121 20 22 25 CIS 219 30 N/A 30

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