This course is part of the Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving Specialization

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Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving SpecializationUniversity of Colorado Boulder

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In this course, learners will complete several VBA projects.  It is highly recommended that learners first take "Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving, Part 1" and "Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving, Part 2".  This course builds off of skills learned in those two courses.  This is a project-based course.  Therefore, the projects are quite open-ended and there are multiple ways to solve the problems.  Through the use of Peer Review, other learners will grade learners' projects based on a grading rubric.

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Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving Specialization

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Approx. 16 hours to complete

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Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving Specialization

Advanced Level

Approx. 16 hours to complete

English

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Charlie Nuttelman

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Chemical and Biological Engineering

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Getting Started

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 7 min), 7 readings, 1 quiz

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Easy Projects: Lesson Choices

4 hours to complete

13 videos (Total 87 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

13 videos

Introduction to the currency converter project4mHow to run a data query8mInitializing the combo boxes and today's date8mImporting data from the currency website using proper date format10mPlotting the last 30 days10mIntroduction to the Geography Toolbox project3mAll about the "Geography Toolbox - STARTER.xlsm" file6mHow to populate the first set of combo boxes7mHow to populate the second set of combo boxes8mHow to utilize the combo box selections6mHow to calculate the distance between two points knowing latitude and longitude5mExpectations for input validation and error handling1mHow to unhide and hide sheets3m

2 readings

Currency Converter - Problem Statement10mGeography Toolbox - Problem Statement10m

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Intermediate Projects: Lesson Choices

4 hours to complete

19 videos (Total 127 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

19 videos

Introduction to the Ultimate Organizer project7mA demonstration of the Ultimate Organizer7mHow to add a category7mHow to add a new record, Part 18mHow to add a new record, Part 23mHow to reveal hidden labels and text boxes9mHow to add an icon to the Quick Access Toolbar to run your user form3mIntroduction to the Regression Toolbox project4mIntroduction to the "Regression Toolbox - STARTER.xlsm" file1mAll about simple linear regression8mAll about general linear regression11m(OPTIONAL): All about multilinear regression9mMatrix approach to regression, Part 16mMatrix approach to regression, Part 27mA more complex example of the matrix approach to regression6mUsing Excel’s matrix functions in VBA code5mWhat is adjusted R-squared?6mCalculating adjusted R-squared4mPlotting experimental data and model predictions in VBA4m

2 readings

Ultimate Organizer - Problem Statement10mRegression Toolbox - Problem Statement10m

Week4

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Monte Carlo Simulation

3 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 79 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

10 videos

Introduction to Monte Carlo simulation9mMonte Carlo cookie example9mHow to output a random variable that follows a certain distribution3mThe uniform distribution5mThe discrete distribution6mThe normal distribution5mThe triangular distribution7mThe Beta-PERT distribution9mHow to apply a VBA user form to a Monte Carlo simulation13mAn overview of the profitability analysis spreadsheet8m

1 reading

Monte Carlo Simulation Problem Statement10m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM EXCEL/VBA FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, PART 3 (PROJECTS)

by DCSep 27, 2018

Projects were enjoyable and challenging. Instructor is excellent -- does a great job of explaining the material and interacting with learners. Content very relevant to real-world projects.

by KOApr 13, 2021

Great course! Well designed assignments to test knowledge. Great lecturer with clear communication.

Definitely picked up some VBA skills from this course.

by XSApr 11, 2020

Best course on how to use Excel/Vba for solving engineering and management problems. Applying Monte carlo simulation to practical problems has never been easier before taking this course.

by AGJul 28, 2020

It was really nice project required all the learning of past 2 courses. I will recommend to complete 5 Week project as well as it really help to hone your skill.

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About the Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving Specialization

This Specialization is for learners wishing to dramatically change the way that they use Excel spreadsheets by unleashing the power to automate and optimize spreadsheets using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). The first two courses will teach learners the basics of VBA through the use of dozens of educational screencasts and a series of quizzes and in-application programming assignments. Finally, in Part 3 of the course, learners will complete 3 "real world" and somewhat open ended projects, which are graded through peer review.

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