Program Overview

Advanced Business Analytics Specialization

About This Specialization

The Advanced Business Analytics Specialization brings together academic professionals and experienced practitioners to share real-world data analytics skills that can be used to grow a business, increase profits, and create maximum value for shareholders. Learners gain practical skills in extracting and manipulating data using SQL code, executing statistical methods for descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analysis, and effectively interpreting and presenting analytic results.

The problems faced by decision makers in today's competitive business environment are complex. Achieving a clear competitive advantage can be done by using data to explain the performance of a business, evaluate different courses of action, and employ a structured approach to business problem-solving.

Program Structure

• 5 Courses: Follow the suggested order or choose your own.
  • The courses are designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of business analytics.
• Projects: Designed to help practice and apply the skills learned.
  • These projects enable learners to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world business problems.
• Certificates: Highlight new skills on a resume or LinkedIn.
  • Upon completion, learners receive certificates that can be used to demonstrate their expertise.

Projects Overview

Throughout the specialization, learners will apply the skills they learn to business problems and data sets. They will have opportunities to:

• Build conceptual models of business and simple database models
• Practice data extraction using SQL
• Apply predictive and prescriptive analytics to business problems
• Develop models for decision making
• Interpret software output
• Present results and share findings The program utilizes basic Excel and the software tool Analytic Solver Platform (ASP), a plug-in for Excel. Learners participating in assignments will be able to get free access to the software.

Created By

The Advanced Business Analytics Specialization is created by the University of Colorado, in collaboration with Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology.