Online-Zertifikat in Datenwissenschaft

Overview

The demand for data practitioners has increased dramatically over the past few years. Data Science is continually ranked as one of the most in-demand professions and the need for skilled professionals to manage and leverage insights from data is clearer than ever before. The curriculum taught in this Data Science Certificate Program is designed to meet the expanding needs of data professionals at all levels.

This program covers a wide array of topics in data science including data-driven discovery and prediction, data engineering at scale (inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data), structured and unstructured data, computational statistics, pattern recognition, data mining, data visualization, databases, SQL, Python, and machine learning.

Career Insight

Occupational summary for software developers, applications in the United States.

• Jobs: 33,286 (2019)
• Projected Growth: 18.7% (2019-2029)
• Annual Salary: $118k (Median Salary)

Program Benefits

• Learn from industry experts how to utilize a combination of science, art & business techniques to deliver new insights and competitive intelligence
• Describe the phases of the analytics lifecycle
• Utilize a variety of statistical and computer science tools and techniques to analyze data
• Describe and use the typical tools and technologies required to model and analyze large (big) datasets
• Explain the use of typical tools to explore data (R, STATISTICA, Hadoop, etc.)
• Utilize an inquisitive "hacker" mentality to uncover new meaning from existing data
• Effectively design, model, and manage databases
• Describe and utilize unstructured and structured data sets leveraging text analytics tools.
• Define requirements, develop an architecture, and implement a data warehouse plan

In the U.S. News & World Report annual college survey, UC Irvine is ranked among the top 50 universities nationally and ranks tenth among all public universities - quite an impressive feat for our young campus.

Established in 1962, UCI Division of Continuing Education has been offering education for adult learners in Orange County for over half a century. Today we maintain over 30,000 enrollments from students worldwide each year and offer hundreds of exciting courses and programs to local, regional and global constituencies.

UCI Division of Continuing Education offers over 60 convenient certificates and specialized studies programs on campus and online designed for the working professional who seeks career advancement and personal enrichment. So if you are trying to start a new career, build a company, or better develop an appreciation of the world around you, UCI Division of Continuing Education has the resources needed to support your undertakings.

Student Life

• Over 600 student clubs and organizations for almost any interest or hobby
• Communication Club for language and cultural exchange with UCI students
• Anteater sports team events
• Recreation Center membership for a nominal fee
• UCI campus-wide student events such as Involvement Fair, Shocktoberfest, Celebrate UCI, Summerland, and Relay for Life
• Campus libraries, with 3.6 million volumes
• Self-Access computer labs for individual study ACTIVITIES
• On-campus recreational games such as soccer, volleyball, and basketball
• Lecture series, plus music, dance, theater, and other cultural events
• Tours to famous destinations, theme parks, museums, beaches, and performances
• Picnics, potlucks, beach bonfires, summer pool party, Halloween Festival, soccer tournaments, and more
• Personal trip planning by our Activities team, including transportation, directions, lodging, and points of interest
• Weekly emails about local events, fairs, and seasonal things to do around Irvine