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Professional Certificate in Applied Data Analytics

  • Professional Certificate

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

Key details

Degree Type
Professional Certificate
Duration
6 months part-time
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Jan, Jul
Domestic Fees
$8,240 total

About this course

The Professional Certificate in Applied Data Analytics is a course 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

The Professional 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:

  • Think critically about the use of data in the public and private sectors
  • Appraise how results and analyses are presented by outlets such as the media
  • Drive social and organisational change and innovation through data.

You'll gain an in-depth understanding of the appropriate use of data as well as the challenges associated with its use.

Career pathways

Career outcomes

In the future, data analysts are expected to become critically important across all industries and geographies. According to the World Economic Forum's The Future of Jobs Report, by 2020 this new and emerging role will be crucial in helping organisations derive insights from the surge of data generated by technological disruptions.

With anticipated exponential growth and significant job creations in data-related roles worldwide, graduates of the Professional Certificate in Applied Data Analytics will be prepared for future skills requirements. Graduates will have developed industry specific knowledge and have the ability to create bespoke solutions that improve outcomes. Our graduates will be coveted and benefit from one of the fastest-growing industries and highest paid jobs worldwide.

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, you will be assigned a personal student support consultant who will 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