Big Data Analytics (Certificate M0452)

Business Division
Certificate M0452

The curriculum is designed for returning CIS, business, marketing, and data analytics professionals with industry experience or students who have completed CIS courses. A CIS certificate in Big Data Analytics will provide students with the knowledge and skills to obtain jobs in the areas of data science, data analysis, Big Data, and data mining. Students will learn how to make business decisions based upon the analysis of large amounts of data. Students will learn about processing, integrating, modeling, mining, and analytics related to Big Data. Students will use frameworks, tools, services, and programming languages to analyze data. 

Required Courses

Course Prefix Course Name Units
CISD 41Introduction to Data Science3.5
CISD 42Big Data Integration and Processing3.5
CISD 43Big Data Modeling and Analysis3.5
Total Units10.5

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Plan of Study Grid
Fall TermUnits
CISD 41 Introduction to Data Science 3.5
 Units3.5
Spring Term
CISD 42 Big Data Integration and Processing 3.5
CISD 43 Big Data Modeling and Analysis 3.5
Certificate:Big Data Analytics M0452 2
Submit petition: inside.mtsac.edu, Student Tab#45 5
 Units7
 Total Units10.5
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