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Database Design and Operational Business Intelligence SpecializationUniversity of California, Irvine

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This course provides a comprehensive overview of data, various data types, design of databases for storage of data, and creation and manipulation of data in databases using SQL. By the end of this course, students will be able to describe what business intelligence is and how it’s different from business analytics and data science, conduct a basic descriptive statistical analysis and articulate the findings, and differentiate between types of statistics. They will also be able to define normalization and ETL, create an ERD that shows progression from conceptual to logical to physical design, define DDL, DML, DCL, and TCL, and write SQL scripts to create a database and associated tables.

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Database Design and Operational Business Intelligence Specialization

Beginner Level

No experience in BI or database needed. Experience with at least one programming language is recommended.

Approx. 6 hours to complete

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What you will learn

Create an ERD that shows progression from conceptual to logical to physical design
Conduct a basic descriptive statistical analysis and articulate the findings
Write SQL scripts to create a database and associated tables

Skills you will gain

SQL Overview
Statistical Analysis
Relational Database
Business Intelligence
Basic Descriptive Statistics

Flexible deadlines

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Course 1 of 3 in the

Database Design and Operational Business Intelligence Specialization

Beginner Level

No experience in BI or database needed. Experience with at least one programming language is recommended.

Approx. 6 hours to complete

English

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Tim Carrington

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University of California, Irvine

Since 1965, the University of California, Irvine has combined the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. UCI’s unyielding commitment to rigorous academics, cutting-edge research, and leadership and character development makes the campus a driving force for innovation and discovery that serves our local, national and global communities in many ways.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Overview of Business Intelligence

Welcome to Module 1: Overview of Business Intelligence! In our first module, we will define business intelligence and differentiate it from business analytics and data science. We will also overview decision support systems and practice working with them through our activity. Finally, we will differentiate between OTLP and OLAP as well as identify the goals of business intelligence through a short quiz.

2 hours to complete

7 readings

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Nature of Data & Descriptive Statistics

Welcome to Module 2: Nature of Data & Descriptive Statistics. In this module, we will dive into the types of data, the process of data preparation and descriptive and inferential statistics. We will differentiate between descriptive and inferential statistics as well as structured and unstructured data with a short quiz. Finally, we will use Microsoft Excel Data Analysis Toolpak to conduct a basic descriptive statistical analysis and share our findings.

2 hours to complete

1 video (Total 7 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Module 3: Relational Database Design (ERD and Normalization)

2 hours to complete

4 readings

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Module 4: Structured Query Language (SQL) Overview

Welcome Module 4: Structured Query Language (SQL) Overview. In our final module, we will overview SQL as well as define Data Definition Language (DDL) and Data Manipulation Language (DML). Through a short quiz, we will define DDL, DML, DCL, and TCL, as well as differentiate between varying MySQL keywords and data types. In our final activity, we will write SQL scripts to create a database and some associated tables. We will then extract and articulate useful information from the data that we can share with fellow students.

2 hours to complete

1 video (Total 20 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

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The topics are very interesting and I really want to use the things that I have learned from here.

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About the Database Design and Operational Business Intelligence Specialization

The goal of this specialization is to provide a comprehensive and holistic view of business intelligence and its enabling technologies, including relational databases, data warehousing, descriptive statistics, data mining, and visual analytics. Through this series of courses, you will explore relational database design, data manipulation through Extract/Transform/Load (ETL), gaining actionable insight through data analytics, data-based decision support, data visualization, and practical, hands-on experience with real-world business intelligence tools.

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