Analytics Certificate

The Certificate in Analytics is intended for students who hold a bachelor's degree and wish to gain technical skills in data mining and big data analytics.

•  In-Class
•  In-Class and Online
•  Online Only
•  Not Currently Offered

Required Courses

•  DSC 423 Data Analysis and Regression
•  DSC 430 Python Programming
•  DSC 441 Fundamentals of Data Science
•  DSC 450 Database Processing for Large-Scale Analytics
•  DSC 465 Data Visualization

Two Courses Chosen From

•  CSC 555 Mining Big Data
•  DSC 480 Social Network Analysis
•  DSC 478 Programming Machine Learning Applications
•  CSC 575 Intelligent Information Retrieval
•  DSC 484 Web Data Mining

A student in a certificate program may not use a course already taken as part of an MS program. In particular, students with an MS from CDM may not reuse, for certificate credit, any course already taken for the MS. A faculty advisor can make an appropriate substitution. A student in a certificate program may substitute a maximum of two courses. 

A student must earn at least C- in each of the five courses and earn a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 to receive the certificate. 

Students who do not have a background in statistical inference, linear algebra and programming will be required to take up to three introductory courses.

Introductory Courses

•  CSC 402 Data Structures I
•  CSC 412 Tools and Techniques for Computational Analysis
•  IT 403 Statistics and Data Analysis

Introductory courses can be waived by prior coursework, work experience or successful completion of a Graduate Assessment Examination (GAE) in the Introductory Course area.

Admission Requirements

The Certificate Program in Analytics has the same admission requirements as the MS in Data Science. After completing the certificate, students have the option to enroll in the MS degree and all courses from the certificate can be applied there.

All applicants must have:

• Successfully completed a bachelor's degree or its equivalent from a regionally accredited institution
• Have a minimum GPA of 3.0
• Have completed two courses in Calculus

Select Analytics - Certificate under the Program Selection on the DePaul Application.

These certificate programs are not eligible to issue an I-20 for F1 students.

Steps to Apply

• Complete the online application ($25 application fee).
• Submit a resume.
• Submit official transcripts from all college and universities attended, one of which must show the conferral of a Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
  • U.S. college and university transcripts should be mailed to the address below.
  • DePaul alumni/undergraduate students applying for graduate admission must also submit a DePaul transcript. You can request a free electronic transcript.

Individuals with international transcripts need to order a course-by-course evaluation by one of the three evaluation companies that DePaul University accepts. For more information about this process please visit the Transcript Evaluation webpage.