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Concentration Details
Data Analysis and Insight Courses
The Data Analysis and Insight concentration allows you to customize your Walden undergraduate degree program with a focus that fits your interests and career goals while emphasizing practical, industry-relevant skills development.
Concentration Courses
Complete this concentration with three courses from the list below:
Data-Driven Decision-Making Workplace Certificate
Data drives decision-making in organizations every day. Data is used to inform initiatives, evaluate projects, and spark change on both small and large scales. In this course, students explore how to analyze and leverage quantitative data in a workplace context. Specifically, they take on the role of a data science consultant who must apply their skills to solve a challenge for a fictional organization. Students have the opportunity to earn a micro-credential in data science upon successful completion of the course.
Storytelling With Data: Visualization and Communication
Once all the data is collected and analyzed, data analysts need to be able to communicate implications of the data in a way that all stakeholders can understand. In this course, students use data visualization tools and techniques to tell a compelling story with data. Students apply principles of effective communication and share insights and implications of an authentic data analysis project.
Data Mining and Analysis
Data scientists add value to any enterprise by sorting through mountains of data, identifying patterns, and communicating important insights to stakeholders. In this course, students examine how data scientists prepare, cluster, and analyze data to solve real-world problems and predict future trends. Through real-world applications and examples, students analyze common data domains and tasks and apply principles of data analytics to solve problems from a variety of organizations and industries.
Advanced Data Science Tools and Techniques
In this course, students walk through various problem-solving scenarios in which data scientists demonstrate the use of various data science tools and techniques and explain approaches to querying data using different tools. Through clear, easy-to-understand tutorials, students practice and apply data science tools and techniques and demonstrate the value of using data science tools to solve problems.
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Business and Management
Data-Driven Decision-Making Workplace Certificate
Our data science workplace certificate equips you with key skills for working and communicating with data. Learn how to think and solve problems like a data scientist and explore examples of how data science is changing how work gets done.
Business and Management
Project Management Skills Workplace Certificate
The Project Management Skills Workplace Certificate helps you build skills beyond the technical aspects of project management. Participants develop communication, teamwork, and leadership skills through online courses. Students have an opportunity to earn the PM Skills® Project Management Skills Certified Professional (PMSCP®) certification.
Business and Management
Leadership Workplace Certificate
In this workplace certificate in leadership course, you’ll explore key leadership topics—from managing change to ethics and work-life balance. Learn from real leaders and gain practical insights to help you grow, lead effectively, and stand out among your peers.
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Data Analysis and Insight Concentration FAQ
What is data analysis and insight generation?
Data analysis and insight generation refers to the combination of data visualization and storytelling, data mining techniques, and the use of analytical tools to interpret complex information.
How is data analysis and insight generation different from data analytics?
Data analysis utilizes data to create reports that analyze what has happened in the past. Data analytics uses the data and patterns found in these reports to create insights for decision-making in the future.
How much does it cost to complete the Data Analysis and Insight concentration?
The courses for Walden’s Data Analysis and Insight concentration can be taken to fulfill your elective requirement. No extra time or cost is added to your program. If you choose to complete a workplace certificate course, any micro-credential available with the course is included at no additional cost. See Data Analysis and Insight course descriptions for more details.
How long does it take to complete this concentration?
The Data Analysis and Insight concentration consists of three courses and is built into your program curriculum. It does not add to your program’s overall time to completion.