Data Analysis and Business Analytics

Catalog description

This course focuses on how to make well-formed and more expedient business decisions using data. Advanced analytic techniques such as text analytics, machine learning, predictive analytics, data mining, statistics, and natural language processing will be covered. In addition, the synergies associated with analyzing previously untapped data coupled with existing enterprise data will be explored in terms of making sound business decisions. In addition, this course will evaluate common sources of big data, the big data life cycle, big data architecture framework, issues pertaining to the security and privacy of big data and how to identify data that is needed to produce the information and knowledge necessary to answer business questions. Finally, the course will cover the processes associated with project management, such as initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, and closing projects.