INTRODUCTION TO DATA ANALYTICS & BUSINESS DECISIONS 4

Catalog description

This course is an overview of data analytics and their use in making business decisions, covering a broad selection of topics along the life-cycle of data analytics (business objective; data collection, cleansing, transformation; data analysis, data visualization/storytelling; data-based decision making). Professional skills, such as communication, presentation, and data storytelling, are presented. Students will acquire a basic working knowledge of data analytics through hands-on projects and study in a variety of business, engineering, social sciences, or life sciences domains. Issues of ethics, leadership, and teamwork are highlighted. Students will also learn foundational computational thinking skills using tools such as Python and Jupyter Notebooks to support data analysis and business decision making.