Advanced Certificate in Data Analysis

Program level: 
Degree awarded: 
non-degree certificate
Country of accreditation: 
United States
Program accreditation/registration: 
Program approved and registered by the New York State Education Department
Standard Program duration: 
1 year (10 months)
US degree credits: 
8

Program Description

The Advanced Certificate in Data Analysis is offered by the Department of Network and Data Science at CEU (CEU DNDS). Teaching is structured around data science-oriented quantitative methods in order to respond to the data science revolution. The Advanced Certificate will provide a solid starting point in data-oriented skills, with a special focus on applications to help solve practical social problems.

Learning Outcomes

Students enrolled in the Data Analysis advanced certificate program will be able to use introductory empirical methods and theoretical approaches to address data-driven information in the social and economic sciences. Students who have training in data analysis will have a clear advantage when entering careers in either academic, government or business environments.

The main aims of this certificate program are:

1) to provide students with cutting-edge knowledge and skills that are highly demanded in any field of the current job market; and

2) to increase learning and teaching efficiency by clarifying the structure of prerequisites in data science-oriented methods courses.