Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics

Get the technical skills and tools you need to analyze, manage, and use data.

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The Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics (GCDA) is intended to provide professional development for those already working in the IT field.

This is a 12-credit online graduate program. You must complete at least 6 credits through Athabasca University.

All courses are online grouped study. In these courses, you and your classmates will complete coursework on a fixed schedule.

You can finish this program in as little as 1 year of full-time study or take up to 2 years to complete all requirements.

If you successfully complete the certificate program, you may apply to ladder your coursework directly into the Master of Science in Information Systems program.

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