Graduate Certificate in Big Data Analytics (BDAT)
Georgian College
Key Information
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Campus location
Barrie, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning, On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
CAD 9,706 / per semester *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Mar 2024
* *international fall semester fee / international winter and summer semester fee: $8,671 | domestic fall semester fee: $2,493 / domestic winter and summer semester fee: $2,190
Introduction
Kickstart your career in big data and business intelligence
Tell the story behind the information! This major growth area for applied research has been called the “sexiest job of the 21st century.”
Big Data allows users to visualize past, present, and future patterns by linking and presenting information in meaningful ways. Data Analytics offers deeper insight into the meaning of data sets by telling the story behind the information. This enables stakeholders to make more informed decisions, predict trends, and better understand the needs and sentiments of customers. This program provides students with a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and applied skills. Students learn how to collect, curate, manipulate, encode, and store data sets so they can be analyzed and mined in such a way that they can be reused and repurposed to solve challenges that don’t yet exist.
Why study Big Data Analytics at Georgian?
The right time
Be among the first graduates in this dynamic and growing field of research.
The right mix of skills
Learn the mix of technical, business, and communications skills you need to succeed.
The right experiences
Get the most from your education with our applied learning model, providing you with experience in working with organizations to help them solve real challenges in the community.
The right connections
Benefit from the connections you’ll make with employers and expert faculty from the research analyst, computer studies, and business faculties.
The right place
Join the only college graduate certificate program in Big Data. Enjoy a collegial atmosphere, caring faculty, and a nice campus setting in a small city with a reasonable cost of living and great quality of life.
Benefits of studying part-time:
- Register on a course-by-course basis, paying as you go!
- MORE choices. We are always adding more flexible delivery programs and courses.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Awards, scholarships, and bursaries
Postsecondary education is an investment in your future. We know many students find it tough to make ends meet, which is why we offer so many options to help you pay your way to graduation.
Georgian offers awards, scholarships, and bursaries to students of all walks of life — domestic, international, and Indigenous, full-time and part-time, first years, upcoming graduates, and everyone in between. You can afford this!
Curriculum
Semester 1
Program Courses
- BDAT 1000 Data Manipulation Techniques
- BDAT 1001 Information Encoding Standards
- BDAT 1002 Data Systems Architecture
- BDAT 1003 Business Processes and Modelling
- BDAT 1004 Data Programming
- BDAT 1005 Mathematics for Data Analytics
Semester 2
Program Courses
- BDAT 1006 Data Visualization
- BDAT 1007 Social Data and Mining Techniques
- BDAT 1008 Data Collection and Curation
- BDAT 1009 Enterprise Analytics
- BDAT 1010 Business Intelligence
- BDAT 1011 Data Analytics Project
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Your Big Data Analytics graduate certificate gives you many career opportunities
Graduates of this program are able to collect, organize and correlate data for a wide range of industries including government, applied research, human resources, health care, and sales and marketing. Leveraging prior background, skills, and experience, students may be employed in roles such as Data Analyst, Data Visualization Developer, Business Intelligence (BI) Specialist, Analytics Specialist, BI Solutions Architect or Business Analytic Specialist.