The Data Analytics graduate certificate prepares you to apply data analytics techniques to large data sets to support data-driven decisions across a wide variety of domains.
Certificate earners are awarded a digital badge for each certificate they complete. Badges can be digitally displayed anywhere to recognize attaining a new level of knowledge.
Courses are offered in convenient, seven-week sessions, which are available in several delivery modes: in-person, hybrid, or online. They may be taken as a stand-alone certificate, as an initial step toward, or concurrently with our Master of Business Administration, Master of Professional Studies in Data Analytics, Master of Science in Data Analytics, Master of Science in Information Science, or Master of Software Engineering.
Learning Goals
Upon completion of the program, you’ll be able to:
- Effectively communicate technical knowledge, including ideas, data analysis, findings, and reasonings.
- Analyze large data sets to support data-driven decision making.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must hold either (1) a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or (2) a tertiary (post-secondary) degree that is deemed comparable to a four-year bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution. International applicants may be required to satisfy an English proficiency requirement. The successful applicant is generally expected to have a minimum combined junior/senior grade-point average of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale.
Certificate Requirements
To be awarded the graduate certificate, students must successfully complete 15 credits of course work consisting of 12 required and three elective credits. All courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C or better and an overall GPA of 3.0.
Penn State’s schedule of courses lists availability.
Course Offerings
Spring 2024
Summer 2024
Classes are not offered on campus for Engineering Division students during summer semesters. Great Valley Data Analytics Graduate Certificate students interested in enrolling in online classes during the summer 2024 semester should contact their advisor to review World Campus course options. With advisor approval, students should then reach out to [email protected] for enrollment assistance. The courses offered online in summer 2024 are listed below.
Note: Summer 2024 World Campus classes are full-semester classes starting on 5/6/2024 and ending on 8/11/2024, unless otherwise noted below.
Data Analytics Graduate Certificate Courses offered via World Campus in Summer 2024
- STAT 500 Applied Statistics (5/13/2024 to 8/7/2024)
- DAAN 545 Data Mining
- DAAN 871 Data Visualization
- IE 575 Foundations of Predictive Analytics
- A-I 570 Deep Learning
- DAAN 846 Network and Predictive Analytics for Socio-Technical Systems
- DAAN 862 Analytics Programming in Python
- INSC 521 Database Design Concepts
- DAAN 881 Data-Driven Decision Making
If you have issues viewing any of these documents or have any questions, please contact the division at [email protected].
If you are a current certificate student and have completed all the coursework, please submit the Graduate Certificate Completion Form.