Program Eligibility
To ensure the best completion outcomes, CIAT delivers this degree using a 2 + 2 approach, facilitating students to earn an Associate of Applied Science in Business Data Analytics or Associate of Applied Science in Software Development prior to taking upper-division courses.
- Prior industry experience needed: None – beginners welcome!
- Prior industry certifications recommended: N/A
What You’ll Learn
In our Associate of Applied Science Degree in Business Data Analytics degree program, students will learn the foundation of data analytics using industry standard tools including Python, SQL, Tableau, and Power BI and managing data centric project lifecycles.
- Understand the importance the role of data plays in the business landscape.
- Successfully create basic to complex data visualizations using Tableau and Power BI to communicate insight from data sets.
- Evaluate data structures and leverage tools and techniques for cleaning data in preparation for analysis.
- Design and construct relational databases.
- Understand data centric project management life cycles and work based schedules associated with data analytics projects.
- Evaluate the cost, schedule, and performance of a project to ensure compliance with industry requirements related to the project.
- Apply public speaking, critical thinking, problem solving, technical writing, and working knowledge of IT security and organizational ethics to facilitate a career in the IT field.
- Evaluate the historical definitions of technology with their strengths and limitations, and gain understanding in the contemporary perspectives on technology that blur the boundaries of machine and human elements, while applying and analyzing job market awareness, job search, resume writing, and job interviewing for demand positions in the IT field.
- Develop logical reasoning and mathematical analysis skills needed to create algorithms for general Information Technology applications like simulation, mapping, programming, science and research