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Turn Data into Decisions with Applied Business Analytics Skills<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The online Graduate Certificate in Applied Business Analytics provides comprehensive coverage of data analytics concepts, techniques, and state-of-the-art tools used in the process of data-driven business decision-making. Students have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with a variety of analytical models and decision-support tools and to apply them to interlinked data-inputs and large data sets in the areas of marketing, operations, product and technology innovations, financial services, human resources management, and others. The curriculum covers advanced software tools and functions such as predictive modeling, text and data mining, visual analytics, simulations, and OLAP tables. Graduates of the program will be able to analyze data-driven business processes, select appropriate analytical methods to monitor and identify performance issues, and propose optimal data-based solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Business Analytics is also available on campus in Boston. Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curriculum<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Boston University\u2019s Graduate Certificate in Applied Business Analytics consists of four required online courses (16 units).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students who earn the Graduate Certificate in Applied Business Analytics may waive four specialization courses for the Boston University Metropolitan College Master of Science in Applied Business Analytics <\/a>degree program.<\/p>\n\n\n

Prerequisites<\/h3>
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As a prerequisite to the course MET AD 571 Business Analytics Foundations, applicants are required to complete MET AD 100 Pre-Analytics Laboratory<\/a> and MET ADR 100 Introduction to R for Business. MET AD 571 is a prerequisite for MET AD 616, MET AD 654, MET AD 688, and MET AD 699. Some courses may have additional prerequisites.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Core Courses<\/h3>
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(Four courses\/16 units)<\/p>\n\n\n