Graduate Certificate Program in Information Technology: Data Analytics

Businesses gather immense amounts of data to help them make decisions and improve performance. Scientists and researchers also use data to verify or disprove models and theories. Data analysts perform a critical role in data gathering, building tools to analyze and interpret data, visualizing results, and making recommendations on business solutions. The Data Analytics graduate certificate is an intensive program of study that will prepare you for a career in this growing and dynamic field by teaching you the business intelligence and analytical skills necessary to support evidence-based decision-making.With the Data Analytics program, you can study from a location of your choice, while being able to meet other commitments, such as work. Each term, you will have one or more online courses with scheduled evening classes each week and independent work that you can take according to your own schedule (days, evenings, and weekends). You should expect a minimum of 20 hrs. per week of student participation in online instruction, tutorials and assignments.

NBCC will request evidence of English proficiency on a recognized linguistic test or successful completion of a recognized pathway program from one of our English language training partners. NBCC will only accept tests that were taken within the last 2 years. the applicant's first language is English; or, a minimum of three (3) years of secondary education has been successfully completed in English within the last 2 years; or, a minimum of one (1) year of successful completion in a recognized post-secondary institution has been in English within the last 2 years. Successful completion of English 122 or 121, or equivalency to NB high school curriculum, with a minimum mark of 70% (non-modified curriculum) can be submitted to satisfy NBCC’s English proficiency requirement.