Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Predictive Business Analytics
Certificate Level: Graduate
Admission Requirements: Bachelor's degree or higher
Certificate Type: Post-Baccalaureate
Number of Credits to Completion: 12.0
Instructional Delivery: Online; Campus
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time To Completion: 1 year
Financial Aid Eligibility: Not aid eligible
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 30.7102
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 13-1111; 13-1161; 15-2041; 15-2051
About the Program
Predictive analytics provides the tools that contemporary organizations need to create value from their vast collections of data. This certificate provides students with knowledge of programming, decision models, and the statistical techniques that are essential for unlocking patterns and trends from data.
Admission Requirements
This certificate is available to applicants possessing an earned Bachelor's degree from a fully accredited university or college. The program is designed to give qualified candidates the opportunity to enhance skills obtained from prior academic experience, or to acquire competence in predictive analytics.
Additional Information
For more information please contact our Graduate Student Services department at lebowgradenroll@drexel.edu.
Program Requirements
| Required Courses | ||
| MIS 636 | Python Programming for Business Applications | 3.0 |
| OPR 601 | Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | 3.0 |
| STAT 610 | Statistics for Business Analytics * | 3.0 |
| STAT 642 | Data Mining for Business Analytics | 3.0 |
| Total Credits | 12.0 | |
| * Substitute courses if STAT 610 completed previously. Students can take either STAT 628 or STAT 630 | ||
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits |
| OPR 601 | 3.0 | MIS 636 | 3.0 |
| STAT 610 | 3.0 | STAT 642 | 3.0 |
| 6 | 6 | ||
| Total Credits 12 | |||