General Assembly Data Analytics Certificate

Start Date: March 4 through May 30

Full-Time

Harness Excel, SQL, and Tableau to tell compelling stories with data. Build confidence and credibility to power insight-driven strategy on the job. This course will teach you how to use large data sets to make critical decisions. This program was created for analysts, digital marketers, sales managers, product managers, and data novices looking to learn the essentials of data analysis. You’ll use industry tools, Excel, and SQL to analyze large real world data sets and create data dashboards and visualizations to share your findings. Data Analytics culminates in a portfolio-grade presentation

of your analysis and insights to your classmates and instructional team.

What to Expect

Engage in hands-on, project-based learning that’s designed to cover the most important data analytics concepts and tools.

As a student, you’ll:

• Explore new concepts and tools through expert-led lectures and discussions.

• Complete hands-on exercises with real-world data sets to reinforce newly learned skills.

• Receive individualized feedback and support from your instructional team.

• Apply what you’ve learned to create a portfolio project: a presentation detailing your approach to and findings from solving a real-world data problem.

ABOUT DATA ANALYTICS

Data analysts examine raw data and turn it into actionable insights. They identify hidden patterns and uncover unseen trends to make predictions and draw conclusions that help businesses get ahead.

THE SKILLS YOU NEED

Acquisition and cleaning with structured query language (SQL)

Tableau

Python

Power BI

Statistics and math for data analysts

Analysis and interpretation with Excel

THE JOBS YOU WANT

Cyber Security Analyst

Business Development Analyst

Risk & Compliance Analyst

Procurement Analyst

Fraud Data Analyst

Performance Marketer

Quantitative Analyst