Analytics and Information Management (STEM)
Required coursework can be completed in as few as 10.5 additional credits.
Make a difference in your organization with a STEM MBA. By completing the Professional MBA with a Certificate in Analytics and Information Management, you'll demonstrate your analytical skills to employers and earn an in-demand credential.
Drive impactful, data-driven decisions in your business career with a Graduate Certificate in Analytics and Information Management from Duquesne University. This certificate program is designed for working professionals who want to expand their knowledge of business analytics.
With both hybrid and online courses offered, you can complete the five courses at your own pace and in as little as one year. Duquesne's AACSB-accredited program features the faculty expertise that results in career-ready training to grow your technical skills as a business analyst. We also prioritize real-life collaborations with peers, businesses, and industry leaders that build your networks and broaden your career horizons.
Pursue a graduate certificate program that is flexible with your schedule, convenient to your professional goals, and ideal for a career in business analytics. Secure top-tier business analyst training by completing the Certificate in Analytics and Information Management at your own pace.
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Statistical and technical understanding are essential for the AIM professional. This
course focuses on creating a solid foundation of technical skills, which will be applied
in downstream courses. Topics will include programming concepts and logic, descriptive,
predictive and prescriptive statistics, and data storage techniques. Prerequisites:
None
Offered in online and hybrid modalities every fall semester.
Within the context of data analytics, this course teaches students to manage information
as a strategic asset with the potential to create significant business value. Students
will be exposed to various approaches to managing the capture, retention and disposition
of information. Special emphasis will be placed on the legal/regulatory, ethical,
risk management and cybersecurity requirements of managing information. Topics include
the role of information systems in an organization, information systems governance
(which is designed to ensure that IT investments create organizational value), data
governance (which seeks to ensure that organizational data meet the standards for
quality data), and strategies for identifying measurable sources of ROI. Prerequisites:
None
Substitutes for ISYS-525 Managing Information (1.5 cr.) in the MBA curriculum. Offered
online every fall and summer semester.
Modern organizations use database management systems to store their critical business
data. In this course, students learn to answer business questions using various data
retrieval, manipulation and transformation tools. For instance, data retrieval for
most data-driven business applications relies on Structured Query Language (SQL) -
the international standard language for data manipulation and retrieval. To source
the data required by analytics projects, students will learn to utilize SQL along
with other data-related concepts and languages. Prerequisites: None
Offered in online and hybrid modalities every fall semester.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the science of getting computers to learn and solve
problems autonomously without being explicitly programmed (machine learning). In the
past decade, through machine learning, AI has given us self-driving cars, practical
speech recognition, effective web search, and a vastly improved understanding of the
human genome. Companies are increasingly applying AI technologies and techniques to
uncover new business insights and assist managers with making better informed and
timely decisions. This course will cover concepts and algorithms in artificial intelligence
with an emphasis on machine learning. Students will learn about the most fundamental
machine learning techniques, gain practice implementing them and applying them to
new problems. Prerequisite: ISYS 610 Analytics and Information Management.
Offered in online and hybrid modalities every spring semester.
E-commerce and social media have experienced rapid growth during the past decade.
Billions of users have been generating and sharing a variety of social content including
text, images, videos, and related metadata. Social media can be viewed as an indicator
reflecting different aspects of the society, and organizations can combine this with
their existing data to support organizational decision-making. In this course, students
will learn how to analyze behavioral data and apply the analyses to answer business
questions. Advanced regression techniques, network concepts, and social theories will
be covered throughout the course. Prerequisite: ISYS 610 Analytics and Information
Management.
Offered in online and hybrid modalities every spring semester.
Current Professional MBA students who enrolled prior to Fall 2021 may choose to complete
a prior AIM certificate curriculum.
STAT-510 Applied Statistics may be substituted for ISYS-620 or ISYS-622.
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