Data Science

The Certificate of Achievement in Data Science will provide students with a solid foundation in the fields of data science, business intelligence, and analytics. The program is designed to prepare students for entry-level jobs, or to help them advance into careers, such as Associate Data Scientist, Junior Data Scientist, Modeling and Simulation Specialist, Modeling and Simulation Analyst, Big Data Analyst, and Senior Data Analyst.

We anticipate 50 students to enroll and 20 annual completers.

The program is designed to prepare students for entry-level jobs, or to help them advance into careers, such as Associate Data Scientist, Junior Data Scientist, Modeling and Simulation Specialist, Modeling and Simulation Analyst, Big Data Analyst, and Senior Data Analyst.

Learning Objectives:

• Apply the methods, techniques, and tools relevant to data science.
• Solve organizational problems by applying the methods, techniques, and tools relevant to systems analysis and design.
• Demonstrate prescriptive analytics techniques to common business scenarios.

Successful completion of the certificate would include completion of the listed course. The required core courses may be taken in any order, but it is recommended that students take these courses in the order listed below.

• ·  Required units – 22 units in Major area

• ·  Projected labor – 5,900 estimated new positions

• ·  FTE faculty workload – 1.4

• ·  Additional costs for training, equipment, facilities, and library – no additional costs anticipated.

• ·  Place in Program – Part of Computer Information Systems (CIS) Department.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
MATH C160	Intro to Statistics	4	S1
CIS C157	Intro to Python Programming	3	S1
CIS C250	Intro to Data Analytics	3	S2
CIS C260	Systems Analysis & Design	3	S2
CIS C280	Data Visualization	3	S3
CIS C285	Prescriptive Analytics	3	S4
CIS C290	Intro to Data Science & Machine Learning	3	S4

Computer Information Systems and Data Analytics

None at this time

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