Introduction to Data Analytics

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course is designed to offer students a general introduction to the world of data analytics. What is data? How is data collected, stored, analyzed, and then used? Perhaps more personally, what do you think the world knows about you? How is your data used to inform algorithms and train machine learning models? The principal goal of the course is to provide students with a foundation that would allow students to pursue more advanced studies in data science, and arm students with the basic knowledge to succeed in roles relating to data analytics in either the private or public sector. The course will aim to provide students with working knowledge of languages such as SQL and Python, and data analysis/visualization tools such as Excel and Tableau. Given this is an introductory course, students are not expected to have any prior knowledge on data analytics or data science.