Online Graduate Certificate in Data-Driven Decision-Making
Data-Driven Decision-Making
Program Overview
Are you interested in strengthening your data analytics skills? Are you confident in your abilities to extract information from data and how to use that information to make decisions? Develop and deepen your knowledge and application in data analytics and applied data science with an add-on graduate certificate from the Tickle College of Engineering! The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, offers an online Graduate Certificate in Data-Driven Decision-Making. This fully online program is for working professionals and current students seeking to expand their data analytics skills.
Why Choose Data-Driven Decision-Making?
Data analytics involves developing and applying statistical and quantitative analysis methods and the construction of explanatory and predictive models to drive the decision-making process. Students completing the certificate will have a basic foundation of critical tools to extract useful information from big data, as well as for modeling, simulation, optimization, and decision analysis, to support efficient data-driven decision-making. The program is designed for working professionals and full-time students who want to broaden their analytics capabilities.
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Featured Courses
The graduate certificate in data-driven decision-making requires the following core courses:
An introduction to applied data science, including machine learning and data mining tools. Topics include supervised and unsupervised algorithms, techniques for improving model performance, evaluation techniques, and software packages for implementation. Emphasis will be put on real-world applications in various domains, including healthcare, transportation systems, etc.
An introduction to modern optimization theories and algorithms for big data applications, including the structure of large-scale optimization problems, algorithms for smooth and non-smooth problems, and computational efficacy of algorithms.
