The Advanced Data Analytics with Python
The Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate with Python is designed to enhance the skills of people who regularly interact with and use data in their current role. In this project-based certificate, you will focus on Python as your primary tool for data analytics. You’ll work in a Terminal, IDE, and Jupyter Notebook to explore, clean, analyze, and visualize real-world datasets. By the end of the program, you will have built your own Python analysis toolkit and completed an end-to-end customer churn analysis.
The Advanced Data Analytics with Python
The Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate with Python is designed to enhance the skills of people who regularly interact with and use data in their current role. In this project-based certificate, you will focus on Python as your primary tool for data analytics. You’ll work in a Terminal, IDE, and Jupyter Notebook to explore, clean, analyze, and visualize real-world datasets. By the end of the program, you will have built your own Python analysis toolkit and completed an end-to-end customer churn analysis.
Why Data Analytics?
Data and business analytics skills are highly valued in nearly every industry
Python is a powerful programming language that can help you efficiently uncover new insights from data
Understanding how to analyze data can help you improve operations and develop profitable businesses
1 Course | Hands-On Learning and Career Exploration
Python for Analytics
In this course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of programming in Python for data analytics. You’ll write Python scripts in an interactive development environment and work in Jupyter Notebooks using data-specific libraries like NumPy, pandas, and matplotlib. You’ll use Python to explore, wrangle, visualize, and statistically analyze real-world datasets, then organize your notebook to clearly present findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Learning outcomes:
What You’ll Learn:
After completing this program, you’ll be ready to:
- Identify insights from data using exploratory data analysis and communicate insights to business stakeholders
- Learn SQL and design industry-standard relational database schemas
- Perform inferential data analysis and construct a simple predictive model
- Learn to visualize data using data visualization tools.
- Perform an end-to-end analysis on real-world data using Python packages including NumPy, pandas, and matplotlib
Learning Experience
- No required times to log in. Complete lessons at times during the week that work for you. Keep up with deadlines to stay on track and complete in under 4 months.
- Complete real business projects in an online platform and get individualized support and feedback from instructors.
- Explore the real work that data analysts do on the job and apply those skills to your own career.
FAQs
What is the schedule?
There is one required 12-week course to earn this certificate. You should expect to spend 5 hours per week completing your coursework. The program is flexibly-paced, meaning you can move as quickly or slowly as you’d like through each course, as long as you complete all sections and projects during the 8 or 11 week course period. We provide a suggested course schedule to help pace yourself through each course. Students who follow this schedule are more likely to earn the certificate and get more out of the course by spreading out their workload, and our instructors provide weekly nudges to keep you on track. As long as you submit all projects by the course end date, you can progress through the course at whatever pace works best for you! For example, you might do all your work over the weekend or space it out throughout the week.
Can I work full-time while enrolled in this program?
Yes, the entire course experience is online and can be completed on your own schedule as long as you work towards the deadlines set in each course. There are no set times or classes when you need to log in. Our courses are designed for working professionals, students, and parents!
What prerequisites do I need?
Students must have a high school degree prior to taking this program. No prior experience is required.
What is Pathstream?
Pathstream is a learning provider founded with a vision to unlock the unrealized human potential of every employee. Today, we partner with business leaders like Florida A&M University to help team members unlock everyday wins that drive success for their careers, customers, and companies.