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As individuals and in teams, you learn by doing. 

Required Practicum

Enhance your skills by completing a comprehensive project using real-world data to solve complex business problems. In your final semester, you will work on a capstone project with an emphasis on using data to drive the decision-making process through the use of analytical techniques and storytelling. 

Certifications

Take your skills to the next level by preparing for recognized credentials. Industry certifications highlight an overall mastery of a specific role and are a great way for employers to identify the most highly qualified candidates for jobs and projects. While a “good” analytics professional will develop a proficiency in one tool or platform, a “great” analytics professional can apply core methodologies across a variety of industry standard tools. 

Below are some of the industry certifications for which you can prepare while enrolled in the Online MSBA program. 

Certification

Why It Matters:

IBM Data Science

Master data science, learn Python and SQL, analyze and visualize data, and build machine learning models.
Google Data Analytics Learn job-ready skills that are in demand, like how to analyze and process data to gain key business insights.
Microsoft Certified Power BI Data Analyst Associate Learn to provide easy-to-understand data visualizations that can help drive the success of your team and organization.
Microsoft DP-203 Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure Demonstrate subject matter expertise integrating, transforming and consolidating data from various structured and unstructured data systems into a structure that is suitable for building analytics solutions.

Microsoft Professional Program - Data Science

Learn key functional and technical skills, combining online courses with hands-on labs, concluding in a final capstone project.

Salesforce [PDF]

Achieve multiple credentials that recognize the skills, expertise and real-world knowledge of today’s cloud specialists.

SAS Base Programmer

Demonstrate and validate your programming skills. 
Snowflake Snowpro Core Demonstrate knowledge to apply core expertise implementing and migrating to Snowflake.

Tableau Desktop Certified Professional

Achieve advanced functionality and application of data visualization best practices.

Tableau Desktop Qualified Associate

Gain comprehensive functionality and product expertise.

Tableau Desktop Specialist

Establish foundational functionality and product comprehension.
What do employers want?

Employers need strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Foundational technical skills may be important, but candidates’ ability to attack a problem with creativity, insight and curiosity is what makes them stand out. 

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