Course overview
Advance your career skills in a world driven by data.
This online short course will provide you with the fundamental skills you need to launch your career in data analytics or apply data-thinking to your current role. During this six week course, you’ll learn valuable skills in data analysis that you can translate into many roles and contexts.
Today’s professionals are operating in the new ‘age of analytics’, and a surge in analytics jobs has resulted in demand across a range of industries from finance, health, science and defence to name a few.
Add analytical capabilities to your existing skillset, learn the fundamentals of SQL and Tableau, and discover how to manipulate, analyse, and communicate data insights using spreadsheets. Learn to produce evidence-based insights from data, how to detect patterns, create visualisations and build dashboards.
Whether you are an aspiring data or business analyst, or a professional who wants to develop data-related skills, this course will help you progress your career and thrive in the new age of analytics.
Who's It For?
Professionals in finance, marketing, HR, education, government, healthcare, real estate, professional services, or FMCG want to develop their data-analysis capabilities to lead with data-driven business insights and support meaningful career progression and promotion.
What you'll learn
- Apply basic statistical techniques to solve business problems
- Demonstrate data manipulation to using spreadsheets
- Create queries and aggregate results for multiple data sets using SQL
- Evaluate and select appropriate data visualisation techniques
- Create an interactive dashboard with Tableau
- Articulate best practice for working with data, and ethical considerations
- Demonstrate professional communication to ensure productive business outcomes
Study method
- OnlineOnline delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
- BlendedBlended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
- In-classIn class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
- VirtualVirtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
Duration study load
- 6 weeks (8 hours per week)
Delivery
- Online, Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30pm
Course features
UC Endorsed
- Backed by the reputation of one of Australia’s top 10 universities (THE World University Rankings 2021).
Industry-ready
- University expertise with practical workforce skills. Taught by industry experts.
Fast and flexible
- Short courses that fit in with your busy lifestyle.
Testimonials
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Irene Lichtwark"It was a great beginners course that encouraged students with little or no experience in data analytics to jump in and get started. And even for students with more experience there was plenty material to revise and learn more."
Additional information
Growth in Australia’s digital economy and the increasing application of data analytics across a diverse range of industries is resulting in an increase in demand for data science skills. This makes those with a data skillset in high demand and able to command lucrative salaries.
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About University of Canberra
The University of Canberra is an ambitious university for ambitious people. Our practical, supported and accelerated online courses are designed to deliver outcomes that create real impact and inspire real change in the world around us.
Our postgraduate courses are not only delivered online – they are career-relevant and designed-for-demand, so you can apply what you learn faster.
Through its online studies, UC is committed to making sure you enjoy a truly flexible and inclusive learning experience that works for you and with you – no matter who or where you are. When you’re connected to UC, you’re connected to an inspiring community of teachers and learners in our nation’s capital.
