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Program Duration: Short-term
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Degree Type: Proficiency Certificate
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Total Credit Hours: 19
About This Certificate
Data is quickly becoming one of the most valuable resources on the planet, and the science that drives the field sits at the crossroads of statistics and computer science. Companies and organizations in nearly every discipline utilize big data to gain critical understanding of customer bases and what drives purchasing, while researchers use data to discover information and insights which in the past have been impossible to obtain. Data science is an essential tool in marketing analytics, machine learning, quality assurance and decision making in a huge variety of fields.
This proficiency certificate prepares graduates to function as members of a data analytics team. You will learn to obtain, store and manage data, and implement data analytics solutions using real-world data. Upon completing this certificate students will understand how to perform data exploration, manipulate data to be used for problem-solving, and conduct analysis with programming languages used in data science. Students will also learn to produce data visualizations, describe data, communicate findings, and demonstrate proper ethical practice for data storage, analysis and collection.
Course Sequence
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Career Outlook
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Database Administrators
Administer, test, and implement computer databases, applying knowledge of database management systems. Coordinate changes to computer databases. May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.
Starting Pay: $54,673
Typical Tasks
- Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
- Plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
- Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
- Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions. Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
- Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.
- Develop methods for integrating different products so they work properly together such as customizing commercial databases to fit specific needs
- Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.
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