Data Analytics for Decision Making

Queen Mary recommends that you have successfully completed a first degree before embarking on this microcredential and that you are prepared for studying and engaging with academic concepts at a postgraduate level

There are no technical requirements apart from access to a computer and the internet

As a guidance, we would recommend that you have either studied in an English speaking country and/or your degree was taught in English, and/or that you have achieved an overall English Language IELTS (or equivalent) score of 6.5, including 6.0 in Writing,

Apply the principles of data analytics to data science problems

Explore data using visualisation techniques

Explain the principles and applications of Machine Learning

Build Machine Learning models from datasets

Recognise the importance of data ethics and data reliability

Explore how data impacts business, legal and ethical issues

This microcredential would appeal to anyone looking to apply for roles as a data scientist, improve their current organisations data analysis, or looking to apply for higher-level study in data science

If you are new to Python, we do recommend you familiarise yourself with the programming language before starting this course

We can recommend the following introductory courses: Programming for Everybody Start Programming with Python