Prepare for you data analytics career
From customer habits to business trends, data shapes the way companies make decisions every day. SPC’s Applied Data Analytics Certificate can help you turn information into opportunities by teaching you the skills you need for careers where data drives decision-making and innovation. This 36-credit-hour credential is offered as part of SPC’s Associate in Science in Data Science program, providing you with a focused pathway to enter the growing field of data analytics.
This academic program prepares you for the following careers. Salaries may vary based on a person's skills and experience, each employer's pay scale, and job market conditions. All job data is provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Skills you learn in the certificate
- Describe statistical concepts and apply statistical methods used in data science problems.
- Describe acquisition, preprocessing, and transformation processes used with data sources.
- Use data processing tools (e.g., SAS, PowerBI, Tableau, etc.) or programming languages (e.g., Python, R, Java, etc. and associated libraries) to collect and clean data from various sources.
- Describe modelling, analysis, and visualization techniques applied to acquired data
- Describe and apply the use of linear regression and decision trees in data modeling.
- Develop data cubes utilizing SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
- Use statistical tools (e.g., SAS, SPSS, etc.) or programming languages (e.g., R, Python, etc. with associated libraries) to solve various statistical problems.
- Describe the advantages of large-scale data analysis tools (e.g., Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, Google BigQuery, Data Torrent RTS, etc.) for solving data science problems.
- Use data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, SAS, etc.) or programming languages (e.g., R, JavaScript, Python, Java, etc. with associated libraries) to create graphical representations of data models and analysis results.
Our Applied Data Analytics Certificate is part of SPC's A.S. Degree in Data Science, which transfers to our Bachelor of Applied Science in Technology Development and Management.
