Data Science Foundations

Data science and machine learning skills continue to be in highest demand across industries, and the need for data practitioners is booming. Upon completing this Professional Certificate program, you will be armed with the basics to jump start your career in data science and machine learning.

With the tremendous need for data science and data analyst professionals in the market today, this program will kick-start your path in data science and arm you with the fundamentals of Data Science so that you have the confidence to take the plunge and start your data science career today.

It is a myth that to become a data scientist you need a Ph.D. This Professional Certificate is suitable for anyone who has some computer skills and a passion to learning. No prior computer science or programming knowledge is necessary, anyone can succeed as we start small and build up to more complex problems and topics.

What you will learn

• Learn about various tools used by Data Scientists and become experienced in using some of them like Jupyter notebooks.
• Develop an understanding of the key steps involved in tackling a data science problem.
• Learn to follow a methodology to think and work like a Data Scientist.
• Write SQL to query databases and explore relational database concepts.
• Complete hands-on labs and projects to apply the newly acquired skills and knowledge.

Courses in this program

1. Introduction to Data Science
2. Data Science Tools
3. The Data Science Method
4. SQL for Data Science