Graduate Certificate - Data Analytics for Business
The Data Analytics for Business program prepares students to visualize past, present, and future patterns by linking and presenting information in meaningful ways. The area of data analytics offers deeper insight and meaning of data sets for users by telling the story behind the information. This type of detailed and defined information enables graduates to effectively predict trends, understand the needs of customers, as well as make more informed business decisions.
Students will learn a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and advanced applicable skills. Students will also learn large scale data manipulation, how to collect, curate, encode, and store data sets, which can be analyzed and mined in ways that can be reused and repurposed to solve challenges and predict future patterns for business decision making. Students will gain critical thinking skills that demonstrate the ability to use existing and discoverable data to solve business problems.
Campus Information
Downtown
Downtown Campus and include the St. Clair College Centre for the Arts, which is home to the School of Media, Art & Design. It offers students the best view in Southern Ontario - a spectacular riverfront landscape with an unobstructed view of the Detroit skyline, walking paths along the river, sculpture gardens and more.
Intakes
- Sep
- Jan
- May
Application Processing Time in Days: 20
Application Process
Minimum English Language Requirements
English Level Description | IELTS (1.0 -9.0) | TOEFL IBT (0-120) | TOEFL CBT (0-300) | PTE (10-90) | |
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Expert | 9 | 120 | 297-300 | 86-90 | |
Very Good | 8.5 | 115-119 | 280-293 | 83-86 | |
Very Good | 8 | 110-114 | 270-280 | 79-83 | |
Good | 7.5 | 102-109 | 253-267 | 73-79 | |
Good | 7 | 94-101 | 240-253 | 65-73 | |
Competent | 6.5 | 79-93 | 213-233 | 58-65 | |
Competent | 6 | 60-78 | 170-210 | 50-58 | |
Modest | 5.5 | 46-59 | 133-210 | 43-50 | |
Modest | 5 | 35-45 | 107-133 | 36-43 | |
Limited | 4 | 32-34 | 97-103 | 30-36 | |
Extremely Limited | < 4 | < 31 | < 93 | < 30 |
Job Opportunity Potential
Graduates may find employment across almost all public or private sectors. Positions within these sectors include data analyst, business analyst, quantitative analyst, digital marketing, project manager, operations analyst, transportation logistics, systems analyst. Those with an entrepreneurial spirit may prefer self-employment opportunities within the field such as data analytics consultants or design of data management solutions.
PSW Opportunity
- 8 months duration course - 8 months stay back option available
- 1-year duration course - 1 year stay back option available
- 2 years duration course - 3 years stay back option available
Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria
General diploma programs admission requirement for international students are as follows:
Canada & USA:
- High school diploma and transcript, or equivalent.
British education system:
- General Certificate of Education showing passes in six (6) academic subjects (including English) at the Ordinary level.
Caribbean countries (English):
- High school diploma and transcript, or equivalent.
West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, etc.):
- WAEC (or NECO) transcript with online verifying scratch card number and PIN required.
South Asia:
- (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, etc.): High school diploma and Grade 12 transcript. IELTS 5.5 with no band lower than 5.0, or PTE (Pearson Test of English) Level 51, or TOEFL paper-based test (PBT) score of 500, or internet-based test (iBT) score of 61, or computer-based test (CBT) score of 173.
India:
- High school diploma and Grade 12 transcript. IELTS 6.0 with no band lower than 5.5, or PTE (Pearson Test of English) Level 51, proficiency tests must have been taken within the previous two years from the date of submitting the application.
- Course Code: B018
- Course Type: Full Time
- Course Level: Post Graduate Diploma or Certificate
- Duration: 02 Year
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Total Tuition Fee:
30730 CAD
Annual Cost of Living: 20635 CAD
Application Fee: 125 CAD
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