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College of Management and Human Potential: Certificates:
Undergraduate Certificate in Data Science

The Data Science certificate features a sequence of five courses totaling 25 credits. This valuable credential attests to specialized knowledge and skills that can be applied immediately across many industries that use data to make business decisions. The data science courses associated with this certificate were developed in partnership with IBM. 

Note: This certificate is currently not available as a standalone offering. Students may complete the certificate requirements by way of program concentration or elective courses to earn this credential as a part of their undergraduate degree program.

Certificate Requirements

  • 25 total quarter credits
  • 2.5 quarters (7 months) to complete

Curriculum

  • Students may take this as a non-degree course.
  • Students may take this as a non-degree course.

Course Sequence

Students undertake courses in the following sequence.

Quarter Course Credits
Quarter 1*

DSCI 2010 - Data Science Essentials

 5 credits

STAT 3401 - Statistics for Data Analytics**

 5 credits
Quarter 2

DSCI 2020 - Storytelling With Data: Visualization and Communication

 5 credits

DSCI 3030 - Data Mining and Analysis

 5 credits
Quarter 3

DSCI 3040 - Advanced Data Science Tools and Techniques

 5 credits

*Quarter 1 courses may need to be taken in reverse order, depending on availability.
**If completing certificate requirements within a Walden undergraduate degree, the following courses may fulfill the STAT 3401 requirement:

  • Students may take this as a non-degree course.

OR 

  • Students may take this as a non-degree course.

OR 

  • Students may take this as a non-degree course.

OR 

  • Students may take this as a non-degree course.