Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Introduction to Business Analytics and Information Economics from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Analytical opportunities and the value of information. Acquire the ability to process data to make predictions about the behavior of people or markets.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Understanding data and analytics opportunities in the organization
  • Data management and decision-making on data utilization
  • Data processing to predict behavior of people or markets
  • Diagnosing systems or situations
  • Recommendation on business actions
  • Deriving economic benefits from information data
  • Working on practical cases during the courses
  • Carrying out a final project that includes accumulated knowledge
  • Preparation of a final report and presentation for peer review

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Data managers
  • Business analysts
  • Data analysts
  • Data project managers
  • Analytics consultants
  • Digital marketing professionals
  • Information Systems Administrators
  • Market researchers
  • Predictive model developers
  • Business Strategy Managers

Internship – 3-part course series

This specialization is aimed at learners who are interested in understanding the opportunities that data and analytics offer their organization. It is particularly suitable for those who manage data and make decisions about how to utilize data in the organization.

Businesses run on data, and data offers little value without analytics. The ability to process data to predict the behavior of people or markets, diagnose systems or situations, or recommend actions is what drives businesses today.

In the information age, the value of data as a business asset is essential. Organizations must consider and execute in new, creative ways to derive economic benefits from the wide range of information assets available.

Applied Learning Project

Learners will work on cases in each course, and this specialization culminates with a final project that will include the knowledge gained in the courses.

The final project will include 4 weeks of activities that will result in a final report and presentation that will be evaluated by classmates in peer assessments.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Business Analytics Overview

Course 1: Business Analytics

  • Duration: 17 hours
  • Rating: 4.6 (276 ratings)

What you’ll learn:

Businesses run on data, and data offers little value without analytics. The course will explore key analytics concepts, practical analytical problems and solutions, analytical technologies, architectures, and roles in the field.

Course 2: Infonomics I – Economics of Business Information and Data Institutions

  • Duration: 13 hours
  • Rating: 4.6 (95 ratings)

What you’ll learn:

  • Evaluate the unique content of information.
  • Identify and adapt information asset management principles.
  • Measure the variation in the value of information.

Skills you will acquire:

  • accounting
  • Big data
  • Data Analytics
  • strategy
  • Innovation

Course 3: Infonomics II – Business Information Measurement Management

  • Duration: 12 hours
  • Rating: 4.6 (28 ratings)

What you’ll learn:

  • Identify and adapt information asset management principles.
  • Measure the variation in the value of information.
  • Establish new organizational roles in the field of information.

Skills you will acquire:

  • accounting
  • Big data
  • Data Analytics
  • strategy
  • Innovation