Data Analytics Graduate Certificate

Graduate Certificate Admissions and Process

Students must apply and be admitted into the Graduate Certificate to be eligible to receive a Graduate Certificate. Applicants are encouraged to contact the Graduate Certificate Director prior to applying. 

Applicants must meet the following admission requirements:

• University Admission Requirements, including English Proficiency     
• Graduate Certificate Admission Requirements     
• ​​Application Process 

Curriculum Requirements (15 Credit Hours)

This Certificate requires completion of five (5) courses for a total of 15 semester hours.

The student must obtain a grade of “C” or better in each class for it to be applied toward the Certificate. Students pursuing a graduate certificate will be required to meet the same academic requirements as those defined for degree-seeking students to remain in “good academic standing” and must have a 3.00 GPA to earn the Certificate.

Complete the following required courses (9 credit hours):

• ESI 6612 Statistical Foundations of Data Intelligence Credit Hours: 3
• ESI 6613 Applied Data Intelligence Credit Hours: 3
• ESI 6602 Design of Industrial Data Systems Credit Hours: 3

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  and select two of the following courses (6 credit hours):

• ESI 6340 Probabilistic Systems Analysis Credit Hours: 3
• ESI 6410 Optimization Methods with Applications Credit Hours: 3
• ESI 6683 Cyber Security Analytics Credit Hours: 3
• ESI 6684 Decision Making with Deep Reinforcement Learning Credit Hours: 3
• Selected topics: Python for Data Science (3 credit hours for this program)
• Selected topics: Data Visualization and Cloud Systems (3 credit hours for this program)

Graduate Certificate Time Limit

Five (5) years

Graduate Certificate Completion

For procedures to confirm completion of the Graduate Certificate, please refer to the website.