Program Overview

Online Graduate Certificates and Degrees at RPI at Work ## Data Analytics Certificate The Data Analytics Certificate is designed to help individuals differentiate intelligence from hunches, turn unknowns into knowns, and make the best use of data possible. This certificate program leverages the power of analytics to gain deeper insights into complex business and production issues. Upon completion of the program, students will be able to frame questions for analysis, collect and prepare data, and build models with confidence to effectively solve problems, support decisions, and form strategy.

Real-World Projects The Data Analytics Certificate program involves addressing real business challenges through real-world projects. This hands-on approach enables students to apply theoretical concepts to practical problems, developing their analytical skills and ability to drive data-driven decision making.

Certificates to Degrees The certificates offered at RPI at Work can be combined to create a customized master's degree. Students can choose three certificates that align with their specific career and educational goals. After completing the certificates, students will finish an integrative project that brings together everything they have learned into a comprehensive graduate degree.

Online Coursework The Data Analytics Certificate program is available online, allowing students to complete coursework anytime, anywhere. This flexible format is designed to accommodate working professionals who need to balance their education with other responsibilities.

Instructor Mentors Students in the Data Analytics Certificate program will receive expertise, advice, and guidance from instructor mentors. These mentors are experienced professionals in the field of data analytics, providing students with valuable insights and support throughout the program.

Flexible Timing The Data Analytics Certificate program has multiple start dates, allowing students to begin their studies in January, May, or September. This flexibility enables students to choose the start date that best fits their schedule and career goals.

Certificates Stack Into Degrees Students can combine three certificates into a customized master's degree. This approach allows students to create a graduate degree that suits their specific career and educational goals. After completing the certificates, students will finish an integrative project that brings together everything they have learned into a comprehensive graduate degree.

Respond to Business and Production Problems Using Advanced Analytical Frameworks The Data Analytics Certificate program is designed to help students engage in data preparation, data visualization, and analytic techniques to make specific and defensible recommendations for applications including customer analysis, competitive analysis, financial forecasting, customer decision models, and the development of performance dashboards. Students will learn to simulate outcomes and establish KPIs to achieve results within their organization.

Data Analytics Certificate Online Courses The Data Analytics Certificate program includes the following online courses:

• ENGR 6200: Data-Driven Decision Making: This course employs analytic models using simple and multivariate methodologies to validate results and develop recommendations. Students will learn data wrangling and preparation methods to formulate their analysis and scope and frame questions so that informed decisions can be made.
  • Topics covered include data-driven decision making, analytic models, and data preparation.
• ENGR 6215: Modeling, Forecasting, and Simulation: This course uses analytical tools to gain deeper insights into complex business issues. Students will apply the RPI Analytic Approach to real-world business considerations and tune models to represent a current state and adjust these models to represent a desired future state as underlying assumptions change.
  • Topics covered include modeling, forecasting, and simulation.
• ENGR 6216: Applied Analytics: In this course, students will work with an Instructor Mentor to develop a big data inquiry model for a complex business or manufacturing issue, question, or problem of their choice. Over a semester, students will frame the question, develop a hypothesis, collect and prepare data for analysis, perform the analysis, and present actionable recommendations for their organization.
  • Topics covered include applied analytics, big data inquiry, and hypothesis development.

Faculty Spotlight: John Franklin John Franklin, a faculty member at RPI at Work, highlights the immediate real-world application of the Data Analytics Certificate program. He notes that students seamlessly integrate the skills they learn into their roles, driving smarter, data-driven decision making. The depth of the content will prove valuable long after the course ends.

Student Testimonial Christina Millar, a Program Manager at BAE Systems, shares her experience with the Data Analytics Certificate program. She notes that the program helped her develop a deeper understanding of data analytics and apply it directly to her work, making her job more efficient. The program provided her with the confidence she needed to take on new challenges and drive data-driven decision making in her organization.