SAS Academic Specialization Certificate in Business Intelligence and Analytics

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Purpose

The SAS Academic Specialization Certificate in Business Intelligence and Analytics offers courses infused with SAS software and other leading applications, enabling students to become skilled at preparing and visualizing data, applying statistical techniques, and communicating their findings to a variety of audiences. Students will graduate ready to make informed, efficient decisions for their organizations and meet the market demand for data analytics experts.

Transfer of Credit

Academic credit earned in this certificate program is fully transferable to the MBA or MSBI programs, so students can opt to pursue either of these degrees at a later date. Also, completion of the certificate program with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or above may waive the GMAT for admission to the MBA or MSBI programs.

Curriculum

Students must complete the following 12 credits:

BUS 615 - Information Systems and Data Analytics 3 Credit(s)
IS 610 - Database Systems 3 Credit(s)
IS 625 - Data Mining and Data Warehousing 3 Credit(s)
IS 650 - Business Intelligence and Data Visualization 3 Credit(s)

Total Credits: 12

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.