Programme information
Developed in collaboration with Tableau, this course offers a learning pathway for those pursuing business analyst and data analytics roles. It’s also ideal for current or aspiring professionals across various sectors who increasingly rely on data analysis. This could range from marketing professionals assessing vast amounts of campaign data to policy or healthcare professionals evaluating the effectiveness of different policy approaches.
Discover the importance of data analytics as a business discipline and refresh your foundational statistical techniques. You will explore data analysis on both structured and unstructured data sets using spreadsheet tools like Excel. Additionally, you will be introduced to databases such as SQL to manage complex data sets. Coursework will cover diagnostic analytics as well as more advanced Excel skills, a key digital literacy in today’s economy.
Develop your skills, knowledge
and abilities in:
- Applying fundamental data analytics techniques using spreadsheet and database tools to prepare, interpret and communicate insights about data sets.
- Preparing data to synthesise complex ideas to support an organisation’s ability to extract meaning and make data-driven decisions.
- Justifying the approaches taken to exploratory data analysis.
And cultivate the professional competencies to work in a high-demand field
- According to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics, the role of business analysts is expected to grow 10% between 2022 and 2032.
- The 2020 World Economic Forum Jobs Report identified “critical thinking and analysis” as the skill group with the highest increasing employer demand and “analytical thinking and innovation” as the most important skill for 2025.
- These high-demand skills lead to various career pathways, such as data analyst, marketing analyst, management consultant, project management and product management.
