Launch Your Career in Data Science. Master strategies to implement Data Science techniques in order to solve business problems.

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What you will learn

Communicate results of a model via web apps, and implement an d test pipelines that automate the model training, tuning and deployment process.

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About this Professional Certificate

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The field of Data Science has topped the Linked In Emerging Jobs list for the last 3 years with a projected growth of 28% annually and the World Economic Forum lists Data Analytics and Scientists as the top emerging job for 2022. Data can reveal insights and inform business—by guiding decisions and influencing day-to-day operations. This specialization will teach learners how to analyze, understand, manipulate, and present data within an effective and repeatable process framework and will enable you to bring value to the business by putting data science concepts into practice. This course is designed for business professionals that want to learn how to more effectively extract insights from their work and leverage that insight in addressing business issues, thereby bringing greater value to the business. The typical student in this course will have several years of experience with computing technology, including some aptitude in computer programming. Certified Data Science Practitioner (CDSP) will prepare learners for the CertNexus CDSP certification exam. To complete your journey to the CDSP Certification Complete the Coursera Certified Data Science Practitioner Professional Certificate. Review the CDSP Exam Blueprint. Purchase your CDSP Exam Voucher. Register for your CDSP Exam.

Applied Learning Project

At the conclusion of each course, learners will have the opportunity to complete a project which can be added to their portfolio of work. Projects include:

Address a Business Issue with Data Science

Extract, Transform, and Load Data

Data Analysis

Training a Machine Learning Model

Presenting a Data Science Project

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online courses

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Includes hands on learning projects.

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Flexible Schedule

Set and maintain flexible deadlines.

Intermediate Level

Approximately 6 months to complete

Suggested pace of 4 hours/week

English

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online courses

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Coursera Labs

Includes hands on learning projects.

Learn more about Coursera Labs

Flexible Schedule

Set and maintain flexible deadlines.

Intermediate Level

Approximately 6 months to complete

Suggested pace of 4 hours/week

English

What is a Professional Certificate?

Build the Skills to Get Job Ready

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Hands-On Projects

Apply your skills with hands-on projects and build a portfolio that showcases your job readiness to potential employers. You'll need to successfully finish the project(s) to earn your Certificate.

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When you complete all of the courses in the program, you'll earn a Certificate to share with your professional network as well as unlock access to career support resources to help you kickstart your new career. Many Professional Certificates have hiring partners that recognize the Professional Certificate credential and others can help prepare you for a certification exam. You can find more information on individual Professional Certificate pages where it applies.

There are 5 Courses in this Professional Certificate

Course1

Course 1

Address Business Issues with Data Science

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This course is designed for business professionals that want to learn how to determine if a business issue is appropriate for a data science project and apply the data science process.

Course2

Course 2

Extract, Transform, and Load Data

This course is designed for business and data professional seeking to learn the first technical phase of the data science process known as Extract, Transform and Load or ETL.

Learners will be taught how to collect data from multiple sources so it is available to be transformed and cleaned and then will dive into collected data sets to prepare and clean data so that it can later be loaded into its ultimate destination. In the conclusion of the course learners will load data into its ultimate destination so that it can be analyzed and modeled. The typical student in this course will have experience working with data and aptitude with computer programming.

Course3

Course 3

Analyze Data

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This course is designed for business professionals that want to learn how to analyze data to gain insight, use statistical analysis methods to explore the underlying distribution of data, use visualizations such as histograms, scatter plots, and maps to analyze data and preprocess data to produce a dataset ready for training.

Course4

Course 4

Train Machine Learning Models

This course is designed for business professionals that wish to identify basic concepts that make up machine learning, test model hypothesis using a design of experiments and train, tune and evaluate models using algorithms that solve classification, regression and forecasting, and clustering problems.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the refund policy?
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Can I just enroll in a single course?
Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Certificate, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Certificate. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.
Is this course really 100% online? Do I need to attend any classes in person?
This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
How long does it take to complete the Specialization?
It will take learners 5 months with an average of 2 hours per week learning time. Learners can complete the specialization in shorter length of time by spending more time per week.
What background knowledge is necessary?
Learners should have a high-level understanding of fundamental data science concepts, including, but not limited to: types of data, data science roles, the overall data science lifecycle, and the benefits and challenges of data science. You can obtain this level of knowledge by taking the CertNexus DSBIZ™ (Exam DSZ-110) course.
You should have also have experience with high-level programming languages like Python. Being comfortable using fundamental Python data science libraries like NumPy and pandas is highly recommended. Experience working with databases, including querying languages like SQL is recommended.
Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?
It is recommended that learners take the course in order.
Will I earn university credit for completing the Specialization?
Please contact your university to check for eligible credits.
What will I be able to do upon completing the Specialization?
Upon completion learners will be prepared to take the CDSP (DSP) exam offered on Pearson VUE by CertNexus. For more information and to purchase exam vouchers visit https://store.certnexus.com/index.php/cdsp-exam-voucher.html

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CertNexus Certified Data Science Practitioner Professional Certificate

What you will learn

Skills you will gain

About this Professional Certificate

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