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Credits Required
18
11 - 12
Format
Face To Face
Location

Classes for this certificate are offered on the Allendale Campus and downtown on the Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus.

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Classes for this program are fully online.

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Coursework

The applied data analytics certificate is comprised of 18 credits:

  • STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics
  • STA 323 - Predictive Analytics
  • STA 340 - Statistics in the Media OR ECO 300 - Data Analytics for Economics & Business
  • CIS 160 - Learn to Code in Python
  • CIS 320 - Visualization of Data and Information
  • CIS 331 - Data Analysis Tools and Techniques OR MGT 477 - Applied Business Intelligence
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The medical and humanities certificate requires 11 to 12 credits.

The following course is required:

  • HST 370 - History of Medicine and Health

The additional eight to nine credits are to be completed by taking one course from each of the three course categories:

  • Perspectives on human health and development
  • Perspectives related to end of life
  • Ethics in health and medicine

No more than two courses can have the same department prefix. You can only apply two courses from the certificate toward a major and another two to a minor. Some honors courses may be used to fulfill certificate requirements; sign off will be handled on a case-by-case basis. See gvsu.edu/catalog for course details.

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Career Options

Individuals with data analytics skills sets are in high demand. Certificates are a good way for you to demonstrate you have the skills necessary to pursue a career path that includes data analytics without the time commitment toward a full degree. Typically, course credit from certificates can be applied toward a degree in the future. Earning this undergraduate certificate in applied data analytics will enhance your career skills by:

  • Improving decision making
  • Enhancing productivity
  • Predicting and defining emerging trends
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