Ontario university/college degree, college diploma, advanced diploma or equivalent in a computer technology/engineering program or a business program with IT knowledge.
Applicants with a combination of partial postsecondary and/or significant relevant work experience that is the equivalent of the above may be considered. A relevant resume and references must be provided.
CAEL CE and CAEL online, Minimum 70 (Writing no less than 60)
Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE), Minimum 176 with no skill below 169
Duolingo, Minimum score 125 to 130
IELTS Academic, Minimum 6.5 with no skill below 6.0
PTE Academic, Minimum score 60
TOEFL iBT (including MyBest TOEFL and Home Edition), Minimum 88 with no skill below 22
TOEFL Revised Paper Delivered, No skill below 22
This one-year graduate certificate program will provide you with the skills to identify and collect meaningful data, prepare data for analysis, conduct analysis of data sets and present results in a meaningful format to help inform business decisions across the enterprise. Key topics of study include: statistics needed for analytics, programming languages for data analysis, security and privacy for the field of business analytics, data predictive analytics and leadership in the business environment.
Skills
Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:
Business analytics to support evidence-based decision-making
Development of software applications related to data management and manipulation
Entrepreneurial strategies to identify new business opportunities
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Semester 1
BAN100, Statistics for Analytics
BAN110, Data Preparation and Handling
BAN120, Analytics Case Studies
BAN130, Programming for Analytics
BAN140, Introduction to Data Visualization
BAN150, Strategic Leadership in Business Analytics
Semester 2
BAN200, Sentiment Analysis and Text Mining
BAN210, Predictive Analytics
BAN220, Security, Privacy and Ethics for Business Analytics
BAN230, Applied Data Mining and Modelling
BAN240, Business Analytics Consulting Capstone Project
When you graduate from this program, these are the types of career options that you can explore:
Business analyst
Business consultant
Data analyst
Computer system analyst
Information systems business analyst
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