Overview

Big data is changing the way businesses operate. Driven by a new scale of data collection that provides massive levels of information, businesses are now able to analyse and gather data insights to make better-informed decisions.

Data scientists and business analysts are in high-demand as companies look to use data to improve their business operations.

In this Big Data MicroMasters Program in collaboration with University of Adelaide - AdelaideX, you will learn tools and analytical methods to use data for decision-making, collect and organise data at scale, and gain an understanding of how data analysis can help to inform change within organisations.

You’ll develop both the technical and computational skills that are in high demand across a range of industries. You’ll develop critical skills in programming for data science, computational thinking, algorithm design, big data fundamentals, and data-driven analysis, with plenty of opportunities to apply and explore your new learnings through a range of case studies.

Job Outlook

A McKinsey Global Institute study states that by 2018, the US will be facing a shortage of about 190,000 data scientists and 1.5 million managers and analysts who can understand and make decisions using Big Data. (Source: edureka!)
A report by Glassdoor shows that the median salary for a Data Scientist is US$116,000. (Source: www.glassdoor.com)
The average salaries for jobs with titles related to Big Data are Big Data Scientist, US$123,000, Lead Data Scientist, US$108,000, Data Scientist and Principal Data Scientist US$102,000. (Source: edureka!)
Career prospects for people with data science skills and training include data scientist, data engineer, data architect, data administrator, data analyst, business analyst, data or analytics manager and business intelligence manager. (Source: edureka!)

What You'll Learn:

How to design algorithms

Understand fundamental programming concepts including data abstraction, storage and structures

Understand computational thinking which includes decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, algorithmic thinking, dimension reduction and Bayesian models

Data-driven problem and algorithm design for big data

Interpretation of data representation and analysis
Understand key mathematical concepts, including dimension reduction and Bayesian models
How to use analytical tools such as R and Java

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Programming for Data Science

Computational Thinking and Big Data

Big Data Fundamentals

Big Data Analytics

Big Data Capstone Project

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Duration

Part-time
- 12 months
- 7 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

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Language

English

Credits

12 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Self-paced

Disciplines

Computer Sciences Data Science & Big Data View 855 other programmes in Data Science & Big Data in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Unfortunately, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this program: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this program in all locations. edX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

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985 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 985 USD for the full programme during 12 months.
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985 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 985 USD for the full programme during 12 months.

$985.50

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