Data Analytics

Data Analytics

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In a data-saturated world, data analytics has never seen greater demand, and is a critical role in nearly every employment sector. As such, we’ve created this course to be specifically job and skill-oriented. From the non-technical basics of data analysis to AI and machine learning, you’ll acquire a wealth of knowledge for one of the world’s fastest-growing occupations.

Careers: Data Analyst, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer

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ACQUIRE VALUABLE AND IN-DEMAND DATA CAREER SKILLS

Uncover the purpose, origin and pivotal role of data analytics in today’s data-driven world. You’ll excel with the most important industry tools like R, Python and SQL to explore, understand and manipulate datasets, create compelling data visualizations and program your own AI through machine learning algorithms. In short, this minor will give you highly valuable career skills to stand out in a constantly changing and highly competitive job market.

light bulbFast Fact: The Big Data job market disproportionately values skill over credentials. In this minor, you’ll especially focus on practical skill development to pave the way to a successful career.

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Skills you will gain with

A Data Analytics DEGREE

  1. Technical Proficiency – Master the basic use of the most prominent processes, methods and tools of the data analytics industry. You’ll acquire a working understanding of popular coding languages like Python, R and SQL for data acquisition, processing, exploration, analysis, manipulation, visualization and more.
  2. Investigative Analysis – Prepare to become a “dataset detective.” Using the leading industry tools, you’ll dive into real datasets to discover hidden trends and statistics to provide effective, data-driven solutions and create compelling, actionable narratives backed by cold, hard facts.
  3. Problem Solving – As a data analyst, you’ll often be tasked with investigating a dataset to provide a fact-based solution to any given problem. Yet, working within a dataset presents its own myriad of problems from messy, missing or corrupted data to working with dates and times that just don’t jive with your coding library. Through repetition and hands-on execution, you’ll learn to provide simple solutions to complex problems.
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Data Analytics DEPARTMENT

DATA 115 Foundations of Data Analytics (2 credits or 4 credits)
DATA 201 Data Visualization and Business Intelligence
DATA 220 Data Management
DATA 270 Introduction to Descriptive Analytics
DATA 290 Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

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ZACHARY BARTSCH, PH.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS

Zachary BartschEducation: B.S., Economics, University of Louisville; M.A., Economics, George Mason University; Ph.D., Economics, George Mason University
Office: Prince 104
Email: zachary.bartsch@avemaria.edu
Phone: (239) 304-7929

MARILYN IBARRA-CATON, PH.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS

Marilyn Ibarra CatonEducation: B.S., Economics, San Diego State University; M.A., Economics, San Diego State University; Ph.D., Economics, University of Georgia
Office: Prince 105
Email: marilyn.ibarra-caton@avemaria.edu
Phone: (239) 304-7928

GABRIEL MARTINEZ, PH.D.

CHAIR OF THE ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, DIRECTOR OF ONLINE EDUCATION

Gabriel MartinezEducation: B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, University of South Carolina; M.A., Economics, University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., Economics, University of Notre Dame
Office: Prince 111
Email: gabriel.martinez@avemaria.edu
Phone: (239) 280-1611

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With AMU’s core curriculum, you’ll not only achieve breadth of knowledge, but also depth of knowledge. You’ll encounter the truth about God and His creation more completely through the dynamic interplay of all of the liberal arts, including theology and natural science.

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