Accelerated Certificate Programs (ACP) in Data Science

Data Science is continually ranked as one of the most in-demand professions. The need for professionals who can manage and leverage insights from data is clearer than ever before. The curriculum taught in this program is designed to meet the expanding multi-disciplinary needs for data professionals. By covering a wide array of topics, the program addresses the wide variety of skills needed to work on successful data-based projects. Topics covered include data-driven discovery and prediction, data engineering at scale (inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data), structured and unstructured data, computational statistics, pattern recognition, data mining, data visualization, databases, SQL, Python programming, and machine learning.

This Data Science program covers a wide array of topics including data-driven discovery and prediction, data engineering at scale (inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data), structured and unstructured data, computational statistics, pattern recognition, data mining, data visualization, databases, SQL, Python, and machine learning.

Students must be at least 18 years of age or older

Evidence of a university degree and/or substantial academic or professional experience

English proficiency tests accepted:

• 71 iBT TOEFL
• 530 PBT TOEFL or 17 on each section
• 685 TOEIC
• 6.0 IELTS
• 50 Pearson Academic
• B2 CEFR or ISE
• 3.5 iTEP
• 95 Duolingo
• Advanced Cambridge
• EIKEN Japanese Test in Practical English \u201cGrade pre-1\u201d
• GEPT \u201cHigh-Intermediate\u201d

Completion of English language school

• UCI 10-Week Intensive ESL: Level 5
• Kaplan International: Higher Intermediate
• FLS International: Level 16
• ELS Language Centers: Level 112

University degree was completed in the U.S., Australia, U.K., or another country where instruction was taught in English