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Graduate Certificate in Applied Data Analytics

  • Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Data Analytics is designed to meet the growing demand for information analysis across various sectors.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
1 year part-time
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Jan, Jul
Domestic Fees
$16,480 total

About this course

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Data Analytics is designed to meet the growing demand for information analysis across various sectors. In this course, you will develop a better understanding of analytics technology - its capabilities, its limits and its pitfalls - and learn how to analyse vast amounts of data to make better organisational decisions and forecasts.

Offered 100% online, this interdisciplinary course offers streams tailored for established professionals from a select group of fields, including education, psychology, health and urban.

By specialising in the use of analytics within your discipline, you will gain the ability to apply analytic solutions to real-world operational and strategic issues.

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

What you will learn

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Data Analytics draws on evidence-based practice to develop your understanding of analytics technology - its capabilities, its limits and its pitfalls. The focus of the course is on the appropriate use of data as a tool for effective decision-making, rather than technical details.

As a student, you will develop evidence and practice-based knowledge of applied data analytics that is relevant across disciplines. You'll gain an advanced understanding of research principles as well as data collection, measurement and management. This will prepare you to predict and influence behaviours and business decisions.

You will learn how to:

  • Apply methods for analysing text and unstructured data
  • Calculate, manipulate and interpret data to derive alternative solutions to typical business problems
  • Drive social and organisational change and innovation through data.

Students will also learn how to think critically about the use of data in public and private sectors. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of the appropriate use of data as well as the challenges associated with its use.

Career pathways

Who the course is for

This course has been designed specifically for professionals working in:

  • Health (System managers, hospital data managers, epidemiologists, nurses, clinicians)
  • Urban and environment sectors (Real estate developers and investors, REIT managers, acquisitions, sales channels, statutory planners, town planners)
  • Psychology (Peak bodies such as APS and ACPA, organisational psychological consultancies, market research agencies, HR experts)
  • Education (Instructional leaders, Principals, head of schools, education specialists, learning designers, app developers, computer programmers); and
  • Government organisations (Department of Health, Department of Justice, policymakers).

How to apply

Apply online

It takes about 20 minutes to complete the form using the online application system.

You can save your work in progress and complete the application at a later date.

Once you initiate an application, a student support consultant will be able to guide you through the process.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Computing & Information Systems courses at University of Melbourne.
74.8%
Overall satisfaction
83%
Skill scale
65.7%
Teaching scale
80.7%
Employed full-time
$75k
Average salary